Middle English Dictionary Entry
knobbe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | knobbe n. Also knob(e & nobbe. |
| Etymology | Prob. MLG; cp. Flem. knobbe. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A knot, a knob; (b) a knot in a tree; (c) a bulge, a convexity; a swelling; a hump; (d) a lump in the skin or flesh; (e) thickened and hardened skin, a callus; also, the bark of a tree.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)249b/b : Þerof is þreed y-sponne, þat is ful grete vneuene and ful of nobbes [L nodis plena].
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)66b : This rammys fote hathe a knobe in þe rote.
- a1450 Agnus Castus (Roy 18.A.6)165/27 : Knobbes [Stockh: Take þe knobelys of þe Rote].
- a1500 Agnus Castus (Hrl 3840)165/2 : Knobbes [Stockh: Take þe cnobles of þis rote].
- a1500 Agnus Castus (LdMisc 553)202/10 : Hij habbuþ knobbes in here rote os þei hit were ballok-stones.
b
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)280 : Knobbe, or knotte y[n] a tre: Vertex.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)63a/b : And fro þe gibbe, oþer þe knobbe [*Ch.(1): gibbosite; *Ch.(2): bowge; L gibbo] of þe same liuer goeþ oute a veyne þat is cleped concaua oþer kilis.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)280 : Knobbe yn a beestys backe or breste, þat ys clepyd a gybbe: Gibber, gibbus.
d
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.633 : Ther nas..oynement that wolde clense and byte That hym myghte helpen of his whelkes white, Nor of the knobbes sittynge on his chekes.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)276 : Kyrnel, or knobbe yn a beeste, or mannys flesche: Granulum, glandula.
e
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)250 : Knob, or knotte in a tre: Cortex.
- a1500 PParv.(KC 8)280 : Knobbe of a mannys hande, or in another part of him: Callus.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. knob.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. nob.