"knave child" meaning in Middle English

See knave child in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈknaːv(ə)ˌt͡ʃiːld/
Etymology: From knave + child. Etymology templates: {{af|enm|knave|child}} knave + child Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} knave child, {{enm-noun|pl=knave children|pl2=knave childre}} knave child (plural knave children or knave childre) Forms: knave children [plural], knave childre [plural], cnavechild [alternative], cnave child [alternative], knave childe [alternative], knave chyld [alternative], knawe chyld [alternative], knaf child [alternative], knaw chylde [alternative], knaf-chiȝld [alternative]
  1. male offspring; son
    Sense id: en-knave_child-enm-noun-nkaB1kho Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Children, Male, People Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 42 8 50 Disambiguation of Children: 59 14 27 Disambiguation of Male: 59 40 1 Disambiguation of People: 68 11 21
  2. boy, lad, male child
    Sense id: en-knave_child-enm-noun-DOugHb~p
  3. baby, infant
    Sense id: en-knave_child-enm-noun-trRcUFrc Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 42 8 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 17 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 9 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "enm",
      "name": "Family",
      "orig": "enm:Family",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "knave-child"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "knave",
        "3": "child"
      },
      "expansion": "knave + child",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From knave + child.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knave children",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knave childre",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cnavechild",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cnave child",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knave childe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knave chyld",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knawe chyld",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaf child",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaw chylde",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaf-chiȝld",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "knave child",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "knave children",
        "pl2": "knave childre"
      },
      "expansion": "knave child (plural knave children or knave childre)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 8 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 14 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Children",
          "orig": "enm:Children",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 40 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Male",
          "orig": "enm:Male",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 11 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "enm:People",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "male offspring; son"
      ],
      "id": "en-knave_child-enm-noun-nkaB1kho",
      "links": [
        [
          "offspring",
          "offspring"
        ],
        [
          "son",
          "son"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "boy, lad, male child"
      ],
      "id": "en-knave_child-enm-noun-DOugHb~p",
      "links": [
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ],
        [
          "lad",
          "lad"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 8 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 17 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 9 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "baby, infant"
      ],
      "id": "en-knave_child-enm-noun-trRcUFrc",
      "links": [
        [
          "baby",
          "baby"
        ],
        [
          "infant",
          "infant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈknaːv(ə)ˌt͡ʃiːld/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knave child"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English compound terms",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English multiword terms",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Middle English z-stem nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Children",
    "enm:Family",
    "enm:Male",
    "enm:People"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "knave-child"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "knave",
        "3": "child"
      },
      "expansion": "knave + child",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From knave + child.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knave children",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knave childre",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cnavechild",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cnave child",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knave childe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knave chyld",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knawe chyld",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaf child",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaw chylde",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knaf-chiȝld",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "knave child",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "knave children",
        "pl2": "knave childre"
      },
      "expansion": "knave child (plural knave children or knave childre)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "male offspring; son"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "offspring",
          "offspring"
        ],
        [
          "son",
          "son"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "boy, lad, male child"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ],
        [
          "lad",
          "lad"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "baby, infant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "baby",
          "baby"
        ],
        [
          "infant",
          "infant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈknaːv(ə)ˌt͡ʃiːld/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knave child"
}

Download raw JSONL data for knave child meaning in Middle English (1.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-14 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 59dc20b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.