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bone of the human frame, knope, m., a knot; gnarl of wood; lump.

†knobbin [knȯbɩn, k‘nȯbɩn], sb., a hitch, half-hitch on a fishing hand-line; snell. Uⁿ. See knobb, vb.

knof (hnof), adj., see knif.

knoggi [knȯdᶎi, k‘nȯdᶎi] and knoggj [(knȯdᶎ) k‘nȯdᶎ], sb., a short, square-built, well-knit fellow. Y^h. (knoggi). Fe. (knoggj). *knyggi? No. knugg, m., a) protuberance on the body; b) a short, thick-set fellow (R.). See snøggi, snøggji, sb.

knoggjet [knȯdᶎət, k‘n-], adj., small in stature, but stout and square-built; a k. fellow. Fe. — No. knuggjen, adj., thick-set. See the preceding word, and cf. snoggjet, adj.

†knokk¹ [knɔk, knåk, k‘n-], sb., a bundle of carded wool, a certain number of carded tufts of wool, wound and tied together, a k. o’ rowers [‘rollers’, carded tufts of wool rolled up cylindrically] = “a ba’ [‘ball’] o’ rowers” or “a head o’ rowers”. On Easts. occas. hnokk [hnɔk, hnåk]. The expr. “a head o’ rowers” rather suggests Fær. knokkur, m., the head (Gael. cnoc, roundish hill, knoll); but Shetl. knokk is, however, in the given sense, most prob. originally the same word as Sw. dial. knoka, f., a bundle, bundle of flax, Germ. (L.Germ.) knocke and knocken, bundle of flax, skein of flax, M.Eng. kno(h)che, cnücce, cnicche, a bundle, which words assimilate to the Shetl. word in sense as well as in application.

†knokk² [knɔk, knåk, k‘nåk] and †knokkin [knɔkɩn, knåkɩn (k‘n-)], sb., the head of two couples joined together; de knokk(in)s o’ de “couples”, [knåkɩn]: Fo. Also “de heads o’ de couples”. The same word as Fær. knokkur, m., the head? (Gael. cnoc; see under the preceding

word). The word might also be referred to *knuk- (whence O.N. knykill, m., protuberance; in the same sense No. knugg, m.), esp. as nugg and noggin, sbs., in Shetl. are used partly in the same sense as knokk², partly of a projecting peg or handle in a pack-saddle; cf. knibi, nibi, nivi and klakk (sense 3), sbs.

knolt¹ [knȯ‘ᶅt, k‘nȯ‘ᶅt], sb., a knoll; lump; log of wood; a k. o’ wood. Also metaph. of living things, e.g. a k. o’ a codlin, a well-developed (large and firm) cod (Uⁿ.). Sometimes appl. to persons: a strong, well-knit, young person (a man); in this sense reported from N. in the form hnolt [hnɔ‘ᶅt, hnå‘ᶅt]; q.v. Reported from Conn. [knȯ‘ᶅt] in sense of small, knotty, undeveloped horn of an animal. — No. knolt, knolte and knult, m., a knoll (crag), unevenness; Sw. dial. knollt, m., a lump.

knolt² [knȯ‘ᶅt, k‘n- (knɔ‘ᶅt, knå‘ᶅt)], sb., a thrust or blow with the knuckles; to gi’e ane a k. wi’ de knuckles. Occas. in a wider sense: a stroke (esp. a slight stroke), a buffet. On Easts. occas.: hnolt. knult [k‘nolt] (Esh., Nm^w.), a smart blow. See the foll. word.

knolt [knȯ‘ᶅt, k‘nȯ‘ᶅt (knɔ‘ᶅt, knå‘ᶅt)], vb., to thrust, strike, esp. to knuckle; to k. wi’ de knuckles. On Easts. occas.: hnolt. knult [k‘no‘lt]: Esh., Nm^w. — No. knolta, vb., to push, and knultrast (knaltrast), vb. refl., to buffet each other.

knoltin [knȯ‘ᶅtin, k‘nȯ‘ᶅtin], sb., a stroke, (repeated) thumping with the knuckles; to gi’e ane a k. N.I.

*knorin, sb., a vessel, boat. Fo. In Low’s list of words. Prop. def. form. O.N. knǫrr, m., a kind of merchant ship, Fær. knørrur, m.

knoss [knȯᶊ, k‘nȯᶊ] and knossi