different between knaw vs knar

English

Etymology 1

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Verb

knaw (third-person singular simple present knaws, present participle knawing, simple past and past participle knawed)

1. Archaic spelling of gnaw.

Etymology 2

Verb

knaw (third-person singular simple present knaws, present participle knawing, simple past knawed, past participle knawn)

1. Nonstandard form of know.

Anagrams

• Kwan, kawn, wank

Middle English

Noun

knaw

1. 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)

1. bone
2. 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

References

English

Alternative forms

• knaur

Etymology

From Middle English knarre (“a crag; twisted rock; knot in wood”), probably from Old English *cnearra, which could be related to cnotta.

Cognate with Dutch knar, knor (“gnarl, knot”), German Low German Knurre, Knur (“knot in wood”), German Knorren (“knot in wood”). Related also to English knurl and gnarl.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /n??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /n??/, [n??], [n??]
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

knar (plural knars)

1. A knot or burl in a tree; a knurl, a gnarl.

Synonyms

• burl, gnarl, knot, knurl

Related terms

• gnarl, knurl

References

Anagrams

• ARNK, Karn, karn, kran, nark, rank

Danish

Alternative forms

• knor (dated), knarr

Etymology

From Old Danish knar, from Old Norse kn?rr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?n???]

Noun

knar c (singular definite knaren or knarren, plural indefinite knarer or knarrer)

1. (dated) Alternative form of knarr

Inflection

References

• “knar” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

Variant of knor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kn?r/
• Hyphenation: knar
• Rhymes: -?r

Noun

knar m (plural knarren, diminutive knarretje n)

1. (informal, often with pleonastic attribute "oude") old geezer, oldtimer

2. (informal) bonce, head

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

knar

1. present of kna