knicht

Middle English

Noun

knicht

1. (Northern) alternative form of knyght

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪçt/, /nɪxt/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English knyght, from Old English cniht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

Noun

knicht (plural knichts)

1. knight

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English knyghten.

Verb

knicht (third-person singular simple present knichts, present participle knichtin, simple past and past participle knichtit)

1. to knight

References

• “knicht, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 11 June 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
• “knicht, n., v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 11 June 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
• “knicht, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 11 June 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.