Middle English Dictionary Entry
genou n.
Entry Info
| Forms | genou n. Also geneou. |
| Etymology | Celt.; cp. OIr. giun (gen. geno), Wel. geneu, Corn. ganow. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The mouth.
Associated quotations
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)22/1 : An unwiht of helle on an[e] drakes liche..sturede toward tis meoke meiden, & geapede wið his genow [vr. geneow] up-on hire ungeinliche.