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knag
English
Alternative forms
- knage
- knagge
- knagg
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æ?
Etymology 1
From Middle English knagge. Cognate with German Low German Knagge, Danish knage, Swedish knagg. Related to knarr and knur.
Noun
knag (plural knags)
- A short spur or stiff projection from the trunk or branch of a tree, such as the stunted dead branch of a fir
- A peg or hook for hanging something on
- (obsolete) One of the points of a stag's horn or a tine
- A knot in a piece of wood or the base of a branch
- A pointed rock or crag
- (Scotland) A small cask or barrel; a keg or noggin
- (Scotland, obsolete) The woodpecker
Etymology 2
From Middle English knaggen, from the noun (see above).
Verb
knag (third-person singular simple present knags, present participle knagging, simple past and past participle knagged)
- To hang something on a peg
Anagrams
- Kang, gank, kang
Danish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a??
Noun
knag n (singular definite knaget, plural indefinite knag)
- creak
Inflection
Synonyms
- (rare) knagen
Noun
knag c (singular definite knagen, plural indefinite knage)
- dab, dab hand
Inflection
Verb
knag
- imperative of knage
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knaw
English
Etymology 1
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Verb
knaw (third-person singular simple present knaws, present participle knawing, simple past and past participle knawed)
- Archaic spelling of gnaw.
Etymology 2
Verb
knaw (third-person singular simple present knaws, present participle knawing, simple past knawed, past participle knawn)
- Nonstandard form of know.
Anagrams
- Kwan, kawn, wank
Middle English
Noun
knaw
- Alternative form of knave
Middle Welsh
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Old Irish cnáim (“bone”), but at any rate ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kn?mis, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh?m (“leg”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (kn?m?, “tibia”) and English ham.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /knau?/
Noun
knaw m (plural kneu or knouein)
- bone
- skull
Descendants
- ? Welsh: pencnaw (“end of a bone”)
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “cnaw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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