knep

• knepp, kneppe, knip, nep, nip

From Middle English *kneppen (compare Middle English knippette (“pincers for cracking nuts”)), from Old Norse kneppa (“to clamp, clasp, pinch, squeeze”), from Proto-Germanic *knappijaną (“to clamp, squeeze”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnebʰ- (“to press, tighten, constrict”). Cognate with Scots knep (“to clench, bind”), Norwegian Nynorsk kneppa (“to squeeze or join together”), obsolete Danish kneppe (“to snap”), Dutch knippen (“to clip, snip”), knijpen (“to pinch, nip”).

knep (third-person singular simple present kneps, present participle knepping, simple past and past participle knepped)

1. (Northern England) To bite gently, nibble.
2. (Northern England, of animals) To graze, crop; (of horses) to bite in play.
3. (Northern England) To pick or pick off (e.g. flowers, berries, etc.)
4. (Scotland) To clasp the hands; to clench one's fists.
5. (Scotland) To tie or bundle something tightly and securely.

knep (plural kneps)

1. (Northern England, in the plural) Synonym of kneppars

• kneppars
• kneps

knep

1. imperative of kneppe

From Middle Low German knepe.

knep n (definite singular knepet, indefinite plural knep, definite plural knepa or knepene)

1. a trick

• kneip

knep

1. simple past of knipe

• “knep” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German knepe.

knep n (definite singular knepet, indefinite plural knep, definite plural knepa)

1. a trick

• “knep” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Middle Low German knep. Cognate of Danish kneb. Compare also recent German Kniff. Related to the verb knipa (“squeeze”). Doublet of knip, knippe, and knippa.

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knep n

1. a trick; something designed to fool or swindle.
2. an inventive or ingenuous solution to a problem, or such a shortcut to a solution

knep

1. past indicative of knipa

• knep in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• knep in Svensk ordbok.
• knep in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)