knape

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neɪp/
• Rhymes: -eɪp

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English knape (“a lad, boy”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English cnapa (“a lad, boy”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *knappô (“boy, youth”). Related to German Knappe (“boy, squire”).

Noun

knape (plural knapes)

1. (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.

References

• DLS

Anagrams

• Panek, pekan

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• cnape, knappe, cnapa, cnapæ

Etymology

From Old English cnapa, from Proto-Germanic *knappô. Compare knappe (“knob”) and knave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknaːp(ə)/

Noun

knape (plural knapes)

1. boy, male child
2. servant, hireling
3. guy, bloke, man

Descendants

• English: knape
• Scots: knape, knaip

References

• “knāpe (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.