Middle English Dictionary Entry
knoulē̆ch(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | knoulē̆ch(e n. Also knoulecch(e, knouelech(e, cnoulech, knowlesche, knoleche, knau(e)leche, kneuleche, knwlech, (early) cnāwlēce, (error) knolwech & knoulā̆ch(e, knouelache, knaulach(e & knoulich(e, knouelich, kneuliche, kneuelich & knoulē̆ǧe, knoulegge, knoleg(e, knoleige, knau(e)lege, (error) knowlegege & knoulā̆ǧe, knaulag(e, cnaulage & knauliǧe. |
| Etymology | From knouen v. & -lēche suf. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The fact of knowing, awareness of a fact; whos ~, knowing which; haven ~, to know, be informed; maken ~, make known, tell; (b) news, notice, information; haven ~, to have or receive news, be informed; yeven ~, give notice (to sb.); inform (sb.); warn (sb.); yeven in ~, make known (to sb. that sth. is the case); (c) knowledge, learning; an organized body of facts or teachings.
Associated quotations
a
- (1393-4) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.3256 : On to the herynge and opyn knwlech of all manere folk, We John Ferrers, [etc.].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)12a/b : Mannes vndirstondinge & inwit gadrith knowleche of somme þing of þe knowleche of oþir þinges.
- (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.151/345 : And for to haue beter knowliche..of þe expenses..ȝe schull Fynde good mencion made yn an rolle of perchemyn.
- (1423-4) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.178/1193 : As it sheweþ þere openly wreten to þoo persones þat woll have vnderstondyng & knowlich þer-of.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3490 : Than he had knowlege certanly That Love me ladde in sich a wise That in me ther was no feyntise.
- (c1426) Paston2.16 : The seyd Walter..never was servaunt to the seyd Duc..ne to hym sued to be supported by hese high Lordship in this seyd matier, to the knowleche of the seyd William, ne to no commune knowleche.
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)222/20 : Sum persone, hauyng knowlach of hys compleynt & compassyon of hys disese, cam to hys modyr.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)13 : Aqueyntyn, or to make knowleche: Notifico, notum facio.
- (1440) Visit.Alnwick359 : Ye shewe a fulle and a playne accompte of alle the revenues..so that the couent mowe hafe knawlage how hit standes wythe your house.
- (1447-8) Shillingford97 : Which mynysters..laboured to save the saide Hues lyf, being in right grete perell therof, withoute comaundement or knouleche of the saide Dean and Chapitre or eny harme doing or menyng to ony maner officer.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)73 : But he shope it so short þat no shalke might Haue knowlage by course how þe case felle.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12226 : I hade knowlache by crafte of his clene vertue.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3727 : Þou..has of cases þat ere to come a knawlage in dole.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)125 : Þe qween..inqwired wher þe crosse was, but non of hem wold make knowlech.
- (1457) Lin.DDoc.97/34,37 : And I swere by this boke that, as soone as I can haue knawlige or vndirstandyng of any suche bokes..I shal make knawlige to the ordinary Bisshop of the diocyse.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.129/5 : To all ȝour knowlege I will hit to come, me, of þe assynyng of Hugh clerke..to be holde and to Be Bownde to John, Abbot.
- (c1460) Proc.Privy C.6.336 : Our Chaunceller..sent þe Keper of our rolles..to have take semblable of you, as we have knowlegege by his report.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)264/4 : Yf that ye have nede ony tyme of my servyse, I pray you let me have knowlecche.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1176/1 : My lorde..of all thys I have a knowleche, whych of her dethis sore repentis me.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)2.54 : Ȝit am I lewde and litill good schewe To coueyte knowliche of kyngis wittis.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)1251 : She had knowlache of his comyng.
- a1500 Ihesu þt was borne (Adv)17 : I haue mych mervel of mony men..þat wold þer schulde be trobul ageyne, And hase hade knoleg whare and when how mony a gud mon has ben slene.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)3/24 : Many þinges þere biþ whos knouleche [L quæ scire] auailiþ þe soule litel or nouȝt.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)289a/b : Oon in Constantinople..hadde an yrchoun and knewe and warnede þerby þat wyndes schulde come and of what syde, and none of his neighebours wiste wherby he hadde such knowleche and warnyng [L noticiam].
- (1417) Let.in Ellis Orig.Let.ser.3.162 : We remitte hem to have ful declaracion and verrai knaweleche of you in that matere. Wherfore we wol that ye comune with thaim of this matere, latyng hem have knoweleche therof.
- (1418) Let.War France in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)72/36 : Of the slaghter that haþ ben at Parys, we halde no nede to write to you, for we trowe ye haue full knowlach þerof.
- (1419) Let.War France in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)79/12 : Your poure lieges..haue loong thrusted aftur knowlech of your prosperite.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)1696 : Þan ȝeuest þou us knowlech of þin hye grace.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)40/10 : The blake knyght..gyves knoleche to the best knyghtes of euery contre that they shall fynde..a paveloune blake.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)41/12 : The dwarfe..wente thorow oute all the contre and gave to all men knolege of the assembely.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)62/17 : I was gretly amervelled that ye gave noon othre knowleche of your gooyng.
- a1456(a1402) *Trev.Nicod.(Add 16165)107a : Þe prophete of þe hyest greyþeþe his weyes to gif his people knowlegge [vr. cnoulech] of his heel and saluacoun.
- a1486 Jousts of Peace (Mrg M 775)39 : We yeve in knowlache [vr. knowlege] un to all Gentill man of name and of armus, That ther ben vj Gentilmen of name, [etc.].
- 1534(?a1500) Cov.Pl.ST (Croo:Craig)732 : The Wholle Gost thus knoleyge hath sent.
c
- (a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)12/11-2 : Ȝif ȝe wolleþ be as grete maistres as he, in knowleche & demynge of temporalte, & striue wiþ hym in knowleche & demyng of riȝtful & vnriȝtful in what longeþ to temporalte, þanne ȝe ereþ wiþ an oxe and an asse aȝenus ȝoure Holy Writ.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)p.100 : Of the knouleche & vertues of the verray dyamaunt.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)1b/b : Þe operacioun of þis crafte of þam, þe knewelich [L noticia] & þe doctrine of wham was anence me, And þe seiyngȝ of whom shal be founden in þis werk.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)7b/b : And by þise manerez in bodiez of men & of apez, of swyne & of many oþer bestez, G come to þe knewelyc[h] of anathomie, And noȝt by picturez.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)163a/b : Þe knowleche of þe effectes is more certeyne to vs leches þan the knowleches of þe causes.
- c1475 Court Sap.(Trin-C R.3.21)1986 : The pure mesure of eche thyng she [Geometry] sought, And by her craft to pure knowlage she brought.
2.
(a) Sensual perceiving; seeing, hearing, smelling, etc.; in open ~, in plain sight, publicly; (b) spiritual perceiving; understanding.
Associated quotations
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- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)12a/b : Þis aungelis kynde haþ no socour of no bodiliche mater..þerfore no knowleche by bodiliche wittis [L sensualis cognitio] may lette his in-wit þat is goodliche.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)5888 : He hydde hys vysege al þat he myȝt, Out of knowlych [vr. knowlache] of here syȝt.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)218/16 : The ded muste be don so in open knowlech [L in puplico] that the entente abyde in secrete.
- c1450 Treat.Perf.(Add 37790)248/8 : The derknessys of god be comforth with alle lyȝtes, and thay be hyd frome alle knawlleges.
- a1475(a1456) Shirley Death Jas.(Add 5467)19 : His servantes and much other peple of the towne..shuld haf had sume knawelege therof, and soo haf cumne to his socoure helpe.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)208/21,27 : By the eeris we haue knowlech of Sovne..By the noosthurles we haue knowlech of odeurs.
b
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)86/25 : Þei seyn þat the cristene men erren & han no gode knouleche of this.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)190/10 : Þou maist come to þe knowleche of my truþe.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)18/213 : Take knoulache at ȝoure consians, fore þer hit is y-knyt.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)86/132 : Þus ȝistyr-day þou clepe aȝayne And take knoulesche of þi consians Hou þou hast spend þi lyue in vayn.
3.
(a) The capacity for knowing, understanding, or spiritual perception; mind, intelligence; comen to (til) ~, to recover one's mind or senses, regain consciousness; (b) foreknowledge; special insight, divination.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.217 : Meny þinges be unknowne and i-hud from manis knowleche, so God wole þat meny þinges passe þe knoweleche [L intelligentiam] of man.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1702 : Þenne he wayned hym his wyt, þat hade wo soffered, Þat he com to knawlach and kenned hymselven.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)7723 : And than she kissed him fel sithe Til he cam til knowlech ageyn.
- a1450 In my conscience (Dgb 102)64 : Þou myȝt forbere and nouȝt trespas; I lente þe knoweleche and fre wille.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)212/17 : That as [read: is]..a stronge argument to Shewe the heynesse of thy myght and the Sotilte of thy knowleche.
b
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton:EETS)52/414 (f.52ra) : Joseph saide, 'Why haue ye doo thus? Knowe not ye that there is no man lyke to me in the science of knowleche [L (Vulg.Gen.44.15): augurandi scientia]?
4.
(a) Familiarity with things, places, languages, etc.; haven in ~, to be familiar with; (b) familiarity with a person, friendship between or among persons, acquaintance; comen to ~ of, to come to know (sb.), become familiar with; haven ~ of, be personally acquainted with (sb.); (c) self-knowledge; esp. knowledge of one's own weakness and unworthiness; (d) as collective noun: friends, acquaintances; his ouen ~, his own people [1st quot.]; (e) familiarity with a person by report.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)2659 : Þat þu has had as in knaulage [Trin-C: knowleche; Vsp: pelrimage], Þin sal it haue in eritage.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)3194 : So fere fram there the childis was bore, That alle hys knowlech was lore.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)3/31 : He had so grete knowlech of both tongis þat all his bokys he mad in Latyn.
- (a1483) Tailors' Gild Exeter317 : Ye shal not dyscouer þe counsell..of þe crafte, þt ye have knowlych of.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1865 : He no knowlage ne Acoyntaunse of my cors has.
b
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)45/32 : Þe brethren & sustren..shul euery ȝer come & hold to geder, for to norishe more knowelech & loue, a fest.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1220 : This yonge monk..Aqueynted was so with the goode man, Sith that hir firste knoweliche [vrr. knowleche, knewliche] bigan, That in his hous as famulier was he As it is possible any freend to be.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.75 : Oure swete lord god of heuene..wole that we comen alle to the knoweleche [vrr. knoweliche, knewleche] of hym.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)5784 : Þe clerk..knew where: A ryche man, þat er had be Specyal knowlych euer betwe [vr. knowelache hem betwe].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)15931 : Coth petre, 'knaulage [Göt: caulage; read: cnaulage] of him had i neuer nan.'
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)239/32 : Þe good wife, hauyng knowlach of þe pilgrimys in þe wayne, whan þei wer passyd hir hows, sche clepyd hem a-geyn.
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.108v : Alfred hadde knowelich of him of childhode whenne he was a while at Rome.
- a1475 *Hrl.Diseases Hawk B (Hrl 2340)36a : And whan þe hawke hath knowlege of þe mastir, lat hir come to reclayme in þis maner.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)77 : The Emperoure had good knoulache of [vr. knew wele] the knyght.
c
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.477 : Mekenesse..is a vertu thurgh which a man hath verray knoweleche [vrr. knowelache, knowlecch] of hym self and holdeth of hym self no pris ne deyntee.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)296/23 : What þing hath wiþdrawe fro hem þis knowleche?
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)333/12 : O vnwiis man, knowist þou not wel þat þou hast not þin owne knowleche of þisilf?
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)341/28 : In þat goostly hungir, [the soul] encreessiþ þe knowleche of hersilf.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)1933 : The worldly riche men, han no knowleche What þat thei bene of hir condicioun.
d
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Luke 2.44 : Thei gessynge that he hadde be in the felowschip..souȝten hym among hise cosyns and hise knouleche [L inter cognatos et notos].
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)122/25 : Ȝif he wolde haue passed forth, he had founden his contre and his owne knouleche [F et sa conissance].
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.9/21 : He came to Londone and of his knowleche and frendis with grete ioye was receyued.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Mary Oign.(Dc 114)181/34 : Also hir frendes and of hir knowleche come faste to hir fro dyuers cuntreys.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)6/1 : Sumtyme it happed þat sche sat a-mong oþir matrones of hir knowlech, of whech women summe had merkys in her face.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)120 : He sey a bischop of his knowlech, and with his help thus he scaped.
- ?a1500(?1458) Off alle Werkys (Inscr)p.41 : Her kyn and her knowlech caught hem uppe with care.
e
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)16a/a : He [an angel of the third order] fongith þe knowleche [L notitiam] of the godhede withoute trauaile & studie & sendith it forth to þe lowere.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)5061 : Mi fadir faris wele..Knaulage of ȝoures haue i nan.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.m.1.17 : The thought is makid Godis knyght by the sekynge of cleer trouthe to comen to the verray knowleche of God.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)208/20 : Þei han no knouleche of the sone ne of the holy gost.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)4/7 : A man dwellyng in Dewchlond..hauyng good knowlach of þis creatur & of hir desyr..cam in-to Yngland.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)4256 : Bot Theodoricus into Englond on pilgremage come þo: For knowlage of seynt Edwarde forsothe had he, And of seynt Ede meche he herde speke þere also.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1083 : The kyng had no knawlache..Of the folke..þat hym affray wold; ffor-þi vnkeppit were þe costes.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)16/11 : Man wyth-outen knoulech [L noticia] of his maker es but a best.
- a1500(a1450) Gener.(2) (Trin-C O.5.2)1160 : And whan she hadde tideng, A [?read: And] trew knowlage of Auferius the kyng, hough he but late was come to the Citee.
5.
?Experience; ?trial, experiment.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)12/18 : That feyth hath no mede, that mannys reson and witte preuyn by opyn knowlech [L probet experimentum].
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)70a : Knawlege:..experimentum.
6.
Power, ability; nether ~, one of the lower or more sensual faculties of the mind.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.187 : The flesche coueyteþ aȝenst þe spirit, and þe spirit aȝenst þe flesche; for þe neþere knoweleches and wittes [L inferiores potentiæ] fiȝteþ aȝenst resoun.
7.
(a) Recognition; for ~, for fear of being recognized; out of ~, unrecognizable; haven ~ of, taken ~ of (unto), to recognize (sb.); (b) the ability to recognize; (c) ?a means of knowing or recognizing, mark, sign, token, indication.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330 Orfeo (Auch)41/482 : No forþer þan þe tounes ende For knoweleche no durst wende.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)4817 : Coud þai of him na knaulag [Vsp: kything] take.
- c1440(a1400) Eglam.(Thrn)1294 : Knawlege of hym gun scho taa.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)1052 : Now hase Percyuell..Spoken with his emes twoo, Bot neuer one of thoo Took his knawlage.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)102/32 : Att þe laste he tuke knowlege vnto his moder.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)103/1 : Þan þai tuke a knowlege vnto hur.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)400/15 : None knew hym, ffor with fastyng & with wakyng he made hym selfe lene and oute of knowlege.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)319 : Whenne þe Emperour hadde knowlich of hire, he ran..and halsid hire.
b
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)89/27 : The man that he onys in lyche be-helde, euer he hadd knowlege [Dub: knowleche] of hym.
c
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)70a : Knawlege: nota..specimen.
8.
Open admission, confession.
Associated quotations
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)27355 : For nakin scam þat he ne mak Opine knaulage of all his sak.
- (1444) RParl.5.107a : The seide Jenycoght, as Clerk convict upon the knowliche of the saide Felony, was delivered to the Abbot of Westm'.
- 1448(1435) *Mandeville Brut (Arms 58:Kooper)f.329v : Þe erl was vndo by þe wey of lawe of lyf and lyme and .. his heyris were disherytyd for euermore by his owene knewlich in opne court.
9.
Acknowledgment of a superior, honor, worship; maken (taken) ~ to (til), to acknowledge (sb.) as superior, do honor to (sb.); yeven to ~, give (sth.) for the honor of (sb.); in ~, ?in prayer [quot.: a1450].
Associated quotations
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.963 : Ic gife to cnawlece Sancte Peter min messe hacel and min stol and min ræf, Criste to þeuwian.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11193 : He mad statut..Þat ilk kynd suld mak þam boun To cum in-to þair kyndli tun To mak knaulage [Trin-C: knowleche] wit sum-thing Til [Trin-C: To]..þair ouer-king.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12162 : To me knaulage [Göt: knauleche] nan wald ye tac.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12372 : And ye þat he has wroght to men..Til him wil yee tak na knaulage [Trin-C: knowlage].
- a1450 LChart.Chr.A (Hrl 2346)37/183 : In knowleche y made a cry: 'Pater lamaȝabatany.'
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)104/31 : Sanctificetur nomen tuum..þat is, þin good renomee, þi knowleche, þi fey, be confermed in vs.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)9 : He mad certeyn ymages representing God; and thouȝ he erred..ȝet he excited many hertes to the knolwech of God.
10.
Sexual intercourse; fleshli ~, carnal ~.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)11056 : Þe ton was ȝonge mayden þon; Þe toþer had knowleche wiþ mon.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)21/14 : Hyr husbond wold haue had knowlach of hir as he was wone be-for.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)28/26 : Also knowe wel that fleschly knowlech by-twen husbonde and wyffe es synful and dedly when it comes be fleschly luste of lechery.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)5.275 : Vortigernus hade carnalle knowlege of [Trev.: lay by] his awne doȝhter for truste of regalle succession.
- a1500(c1450) Idley Instr.(Arun 20)2.B.2634 : The iijd spyce clarkes þei call Incest, Wher ys flesshly knolege betwene kyn and kyn.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)17 : Ne neuer erthely man hadde I of knowleche, wherthourgh I sholde haue childe.
- a1500 Euery man schulde (Hrl 665)24 : Let fleschly knowleche þe forfent, Save only betwyx man and wyfe.
11.
Law (a) Investigation; taken ~, to make an investigation, take evidence or depositions; (b) acknowledgment (of a fact, that sth. is true); legal acknowledgment of a right, claim, obligation, etc.; maken (a) ~; (c) a tax or rent paid to a feudal lord; -- used fig.; (d) a payment to bind a contract; (e) ?land resumed by a feudal lord from a tenant; ?the right to make such resumption.
Associated quotations
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- (c1438) *Proc.Chanc.PRO ser.C 1 file 9no.264 : Harry..and one Nicoll..comen to Bedford and there afore..one John Boteler, pretendyng hym that tyme clerk to take knowleches..the seid John Boteler was not clerk deputed be the kyng ne no commissioun ne auctorite knowleches to take had.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.145/13 : Submittyng me to þe constreynyng..withowte hurlyng of Juggement and knowlech of plee.
- (1472-3) RParl.6.4b : That youre severall Commissions be sent into every Shire..yevyng theym in commaundement..to serche, enquere, and take knowelech by all maner weyes and meanes..of the seid value of the seid issues.
- (1472-3) RParl.6.5a : And after suche serches, enquerres, and knoweleche taken and had, the seid Commissioners, [etc.].
- (1472-3) RParl.6.41a : Eny Commissioner assigned to enquere, serche, and take knoweleche of the forseid xth part.
b
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.38/6 : The pore mane, skapyng by seynt Barthilmew help..prostrayt hym-self afore the holy Auter of the Apostle, makyng knowlegge that by his helpe he was delyuered.
- ?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul.(Jul B.2)41 : And also considred his owne confession and knowlich, by hym sylff ymade, off his vnsuffisance and vnhabilite.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.104/27 : William and Richard maade knowlege all þe forsaide londe with þe pertinences to be þe ryȝght and þe heritage of the forsaide Deenes.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.155/22 : And they maade a knowlege..þe foresaide commune to Be ryȝght of þe saide Abbot.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)71/10 : He had made a wilfull knowlich & submittid him selfe to supporte þe seide chaunteri.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)171/1 : Þe fore-seyde william made a knowlech þe fore-seyde tenement..to be ryht of þat abbas..to be had & holde.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)345/31 : William and Margarete made a knowlech and recognycion that the forseid mese..to be the right of the same Richard.
c
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)610 : He gaf it [Eden] him, als in heritage, to yeild þerfor na mar knaulage Bot for to hald it wel vnbroken þe forbot þat was be-tuix þam spoken.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)976 : I wil haks na vtetrage Bot þe teind part als in knaulage.
d
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)407/7 : And for this graunte, letyng, delyueryng..of the afore-dyuyded lond, Turolde yaf to her x shillings in knowlech.
e
- (c1475) Doc.in Bk.Brome (Brm)143 : I, Peter Gardener of Hopton hath ȝowyn..to hys [read: hym] and to hys asseyneys, my maner of Cryssygham with all hys pertinences in þe cownty of Lyncoln, as in medowys, ffedynges..exschetes, plegys of corte, knowlages [L reconnicionibus].
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- (1465) Doc.Beverley in Seld.Soc.1452b : Forsomoche as Adam Newcombe, littester, disclaundrely noised and disclaundered the said Governers…that he…aske them forgyvenes, and knowlage his offence and trespace in that behalve.
Note: Additional quote(s) for (c)
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- (a1410) Love Mirror (CmbAdd 6578:Sargent2005) 70/19 : Fle þe cumpanye of fleshly men; seke not by curiosite newe knowleches & frendeshipes.
Note: Unusual plural example, appears to belong to either the abstract sense 4.(b) or the concrete sense 4.(d); in either case the gloss should be modified to allow for use as a count noun: 'an instance of acquaintance' or 'a friend, acquaintance or familiar.'
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- a1475 Limn.Bks. (Brog 2.1:Clarke) 198/16 : Yf ȝe woll make ȝour lystes blewe withowte wode, ȝe moste a lytylle browne hit afore owte of the whytte, þat the whitte be turned fro knowlyche, and wooll the same.
Note: Glossary: "knowlyche n. turned fro ~ 'made unrecognizable'."
Note: Additional quote, sense 7.(a).