"knape" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /neɪp/ [UK] Forms: knapes [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪp Etymology: From Middle English knape (“a lad, boy”), from Old English cnapa (“a lad, boy”), from Proto-West Germanic *knappō. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|knape||a lad, boy}} Middle English knape (“a lad, boy”), {{inh|en|ang|cnapa||a lad, boy}} Old English cnapa (“a lad, boy”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*knappō}} Proto-West Germanic *knappō Head templates: {{en-noun}} knape (plural knapes)
  1. (obsolete, dialectal) A lad. Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-knape-en-noun-WCAKiF~Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 71 3 14 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 90 2 6 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 2 5 2

Inflected forms

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