knape

English

Etymology

From Middle English knape (“a lad, boy”), from Old English cnapa (“a lad, boy”), from Proto-West Germanic *knappō.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /neɪp/
• Rhymes: -eɪp
• Homophone: nape

Noun

knape (plural knapes)

1. (obsolete, dialectal) A lad.
   • 1534, Incorporation of Hammermen, unknown

     Given to the two knapes & for graithing of the harness to the bannermen.

   • 1628, J. Carmichael, unknown:

     He was never a lucky knape.

References

• DLS

Anagrams

• Panek, pekan

Middle English

Alternative forms

• knappe (rare)
• cnapa, cnapæ (Early Middle English)
• cnape (Ormulum)

Etymology

From Old English cnapa, from Proto-West Germanic *knappō.

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 23 April 2018.