See knyght in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for knyght meaning in Middle English (5.3kB)
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "knight"
},
"expansion": "English: knight",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: knight"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "knicht"
},
"expansion": "Scots: knicht",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: knicht"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "nickht"
},
"expansion": "Yola: nickht",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yola: nickht"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "cniht"
},
"expansion": "Old English cniht",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*kneht"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kneht",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English cniht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "knyghtes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "knyghten",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nouns",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "knyght",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "knyghtes",
"pl2": "knyghten"
},
"expansion": "knyght (plural knyghtes or knyghten)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "knyghten"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "knyghtly"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A knight (armoured noble soldier)"
],
"id": "en-knyght-enm-noun-tzKEaDi0",
"links": [
[
"knight",
"knight#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "29 50 3 6 4 10",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Feudalism",
"orig": "enm:Feudalism",
"parents": [
"Forms of government",
"Government",
"Politics",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "20 37 12 10 12 9",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Nobility",
"orig": "enm:Nobility",
"parents": [
"High society",
"People",
"Society",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A noble; a potentate."
],
"id": "en-knyght-enm-noun-tCotDeBA",
"links": [
[
"noble",
"noble"
],
[
"potentate",
"potentate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) A noble; a potentate."
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "28 0 72 0 0 0",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Military",
"orig": "enm:Military",
"parents": [
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A warrior; a fighter."
],
"id": "en-knyght-enm-noun-J-4AkGxc",
"links": [
[
"warrior",
"warrior"
],
[
"fighter",
"fighter"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) A warrior; a fighter."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Early Middle English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A servant or attendant."
],
"id": "en-knyght-enm-noun-nImN2oQe",
"links": [
[
"servant",
"servant"
],
[
"attendant",
"attendant"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly Early Middle English) A servant or attendant."
],
"tags": [
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Early Middle English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "5 8 8 8 63 8",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Children",
"orig": "enm:Children",
"parents": [
"Youth",
"Age",
"People",
"Human",
"Time",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 18 18 15 23 15",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Male people",
"orig": "enm:Male people",
"parents": [
"Male",
"People",
"Gender",
"Human",
"Biology",
"Psychology",
"Sociology",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Social sciences",
"Fundamental",
"Society"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A boy or youth."
],
"id": "en-knyght-enm-noun-hAmlUXJP",
"links": [
[
"boy",
"boy"
],
[
"youth",
"youth"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Early Middle English) A boy or youth."
],
"tags": [
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Chess",
"orig": "enm:Chess",
"parents": [
"Board games",
"Tabletop games",
"Games",
"Recreation",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "3 3 4 8 3 79",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Chess",
"orig": "enm:Chess",
"parents": [
"Board games",
"Tabletop games",
"Games",
"Recreation",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A knight (chess piece)"
],
"id": "en-knyght-enm-noun-RP0CQXme",
"links": [
[
"chess",
"chess"
],
[
"knight",
"knight"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chess) A knight (chess piece)"
],
"topics": [
"board-games",
"chess",
"games"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/knixt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kniːxt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kniːt/",
"note": "dialectal or late"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ixt"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "knicht"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "knict"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "knicth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "knight"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "knighte"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "kniȝt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "kniȝte"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "kniht"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "knygȝt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "knyghte"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "knyȝght"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "knyȝt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "knyȝte"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "knyht"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "knyte"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "cinht"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "cnihht"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "cniht"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Early-Middle-English"
],
"word": "cnist"
}
],
"word": "knyght"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Rhymes:Middle English/ixt",
"Rhymes:Middle English/ixt/1 syllable",
"enm:Chess",
"enm:Children",
"enm:Feudalism",
"enm:Male people",
"enm:Military",
"enm:Nobility"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "knight"
},
"expansion": "English: knight",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "English: knight"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "knicht"
},
"expansion": "Scots: knicht",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: knicht"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yol",
"2": "nickht"
},
"expansion": "Yola: nickht",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yola: nickht"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "cniht"
},
"expansion": "Old English cniht",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*kneht"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kneht",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English cniht, from Proto-West Germanic *kneht.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "knyghtes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "knyghten",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nouns",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "knyght",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "knyghtes",
"pl2": "knyghten"
},
"expansion": "knyght (plural knyghtes or knyghten)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "knyghten"
},
{
"word": "knyghtly"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A knight (armoured noble soldier)"
],
"links": [
[
"knight",
"knight#English"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A noble; a potentate."
],
"links": [
[
"noble",
"noble"
],
[
"potentate",
"potentate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) A noble; a potentate."
],
"tags": [
"broadly"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A warrior; a fighter."
],
"links": [
[
"warrior",
"warrior"
],
[
"fighter",
"fighter"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) A warrior; a fighter."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Early Middle English"
],
"glosses": [
"A servant or attendant."
],
"links": [
[
"servant",
"servant"
],
[
"attendant",
"attendant"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly Early Middle English) A servant or attendant."
],
"tags": [
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Early Middle English"
],
"glosses": [
"A boy or youth."
],
"links": [
[
"boy",
"boy"
],
[
"youth",
"youth"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Early Middle English) A boy or youth."
],
"tags": [
"Early-Middle-English"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"enm:Chess"
],
"glosses": [
"A knight (chess piece)"
],
"links": [
[
"chess",
"chess"
],
[
"knight",
"knight"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chess) A knight (chess piece)"
],
"topics": [
"board-games",
"chess",
"games"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/knixt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kniːxt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kniːt/",
"note": "dialectal or late"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ixt"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "knicht"
},
{
"word": "knict"
},
{
"word": "knicth"
},
{
"word": "knight"
},
{
"word": "knighte"
},
{
"word": "kniȝt"
},
{
"word": "kniȝte"
},
{
"word": "kniht"
},
{
"word": "knygȝt"
},
{
"word": "knyghte"
},
{
"word": "knyȝght"
},
{
"word": "knyȝt"
},
{
"word": "knyȝte"
},
{
"word": "knyht"
},
{
"word": "knyte"
},
{
"word": "cinht"
},
{
"word": "cnihht"
},
{
"word": "cniht"
},
{
"tags": [
"Early-Middle-English"
],
"word": "cnist"
}
],
"word": "knyght"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). 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.