knape
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /neɪp/
- Rhymes: -eɪp
Etymology
From Middle English knape (“a lad, boy”), from Old English cnapa (“a lad, boy”), from Proto-Germanic *knappô (“boy, youth”). Related to German Knappe (“boy, squire”).
Noun
knape (plural knapes)
- (obsolete, dialectal) A lad.
- Edinb. Hammermen (1534)
- Given to the two knapes & for graithing of the harness to the bannermen.
- J. Carmichael (1628)
- He was never a lucky knape.
- Edinb. Hammermen (1534)
References
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English cnapa, from Proto-Germanic *knappô. Compare knappe (“knob”) and knave.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknaːp(ə)/
References
- “knāpe (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.
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