Talk:bend the knee
Latest comment: 19 days ago by 37.157.52.71
I'd say this phrase, along with break the wheel, was coined in Game of Thrones. Also, I have a feeling that winter is coming and hold the door will one day have entries. --I learned some phrases (talk) 17:22, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
- I believe it occurs in the King James Version of the Bible, but I'll have to look that up to be sure. At any rate, it long predates Game of Thrones. Chuck Entz (talk) 04:10, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- This was definitely popularised by GOT – especially the "undue deference" sense. But even that sense goes back at least a century-and-a-half. See the April 1861 Frederick Douglass quote charging President Lincoln with "bend[ing] the knee to slavery." Can't say whether this phrase has its ultimate origin in the KJV. Could've occurred as a literal translation of genuflecto etc. in earlier texts. WordyAndNerdy (talk) 05:52, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
- @WordyAndNerdy: this edit is excellent. Thank you for it. 37.157.52.71 07:46, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
- This was definitely popularised by GOT – especially the "undue deference" sense. But even that sense goes back at least a century-and-a-half. See the April 1861 Frederick Douglass quote charging President Lincoln with "bend[ing] the knee to slavery." Can't say whether this phrase has its ultimate origin in the KJV. Could've occurred as a literal translation of genuflecto etc. in earlier texts. WordyAndNerdy (talk) 05:52, 27 June 2024 (UTC)