Middle English Dictionary Entry
knivet n.
Entry Info
Forms | knivet n. Also knevet. |
Etymology | ?Dim. of knīf. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A knife; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1475 PPl.A(1) (Ashm 1468)5.62 : Kneuet [Trin-C: a knyf be his syde].
b
- (1232) Inquis.PM Hen.III3 : Thomas Knyvet.