Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǧenū-flecciọ̄n n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ǧenū-flecciọ̄n n. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A kneeling or bending of the knees.
Associated quotations
- (1430) Reg.Stafford in Som.RS 3178 : Item to images shulde no maner worship be do, neither genufleccions ner insensingne.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)77/29 : Lete hure for iche day of hure fastynge that sche schuld faste and absteyne make lti. genufleccions, and with iche a genufleccion a Pater Noster.