noll
See also: Noll
English
Etymology
Old English hnol. Cognate with Dutch nol (“top of a sand-dune”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒl
- Homophone: gnoll
Noun
noll (plural nolls)
- (now Britain regional) The head, especially the top of the head. [from 8th c.]
- 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte:
- Wolde to God it wolde please you some daye / A balade boke before me for to laye, / And lerne me to synge Re my fa sol! / And whan I fayle bobbe me on the noll.
- 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte:
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