Middle English Dictionary Entry
knokel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | knokel n. Also knokelle. |
| Etymology | Cp. MDu. cnokel & OFris. knokel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A joint of the body, esp. a knobby joint; a knuckle; (b) the end of a bone which fits into a joint or a socket; (c) a fist; (d) a morbid lump or swelling.
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)636/10 : Hic nodus, Anglice, knokylle.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)280 : Knokyl of an honde: Condilus.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)70a : A knokill: Condilus.
- a1500(?1388) Syng I wold (Dub 516)p.276 : Her knokelys, elbowys manicæ laqueant laqueatae.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)752/8 : Hic condulus, Anglice, a knokylle.
b
- c1400 Veynes þer be (Wel 406)p.190 : Bynethe the knokelys of the fete [Seld: Aboue the knokelles on the fete], Wyth two weynis thow myȝt mete..domestica..salvatica [Seld: Siluatica].
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)240 : Ioynte, or hole, of þe knokyl: Ancha.
c
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)58 : Pouce, poynoun, et les meyns: Thoumbe, knokil, and the handes.
- a1425 Gloss.Bibbesw.(AS 182)116 : The knokil [vr. the fist; glossing AF (Cmb) le poyne].
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)5381 : Ther lay aboute him hondes & knokeles As thikke as any honysocles.
d
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)16b/b : Condilomatus: a knokel.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)70a : A knokill:..condilematicus.
2.
knokel-bon: (a) the head of a bone which fits into a joint or socket; esp. the top of the thighbone; (b) a knuckle.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)264 : Ioynte, or hole of the knokylle bone [KC adds: cleped the whirlebone]: Ancha.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)280 : Knokylle bone of a legge: Coxa.
b
- a1500 PParv.(KC 8)280 : Knokilbone [Hrl: Knokyl of an honde: Condilus].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.104rb (3.16) : 'Scia' is propurly þe whirlebon in þe hepe, þat we callen þe hepe-bone, and it is taken comunly for euery maner of knokel bone. And so 'scia' and 'vertebrum' & 'condilus' ar al on (anglice: þe knokel bone, þe whirlebone).
Note: Additional quot., sense 2.(a).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. knuckle.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc. (sense 2.), see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. knuckle bone.