Middle English Dictionary Entry
knẹ̄-holin n.
Entry Info
| Forms | knẹ̄-holin n. Also knen-, (error) kuen-, cneowholen, cne(o)wholem & cnehole. |
| Etymology | OE cnēow-holen. Forms in -em may belong to knẹ̄-hōlm. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Knee-holly, butcher's-broom (Ruscus aculeatus).
Associated quotations
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)136.138/1 : De Victoriola, id est, cneowholem anglice. Wið þan dropan..nim tweȝen scencas fulle woses þisse wyrte þe man uictoriole nemneð, & engle cnewholem nemneð.
- c1225 Wor.Bod.Gloss.(Hat 76)20 : Uicteriole: cneowholen.
- a1300 Hrl.978 Vocab.(Hrl 978)557/33 : Frisgonem, i. fresgun, i. cnehole.
- ?a1300 Wor.F.157.Gloss.(Wor F.157)184 : Gencus, fagun vel kuenholin [read: knenholin].
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)86/8 : Þe more of kneholine with þe lewys.