knowe

English

Noun

knowe (plural knowes)

  1. (chiefly Scotland and Ulster) A small hill; a knoll.

Verb

knowe

  1. Obsolete spelling of know

Anagrams

Middle English

Verb

knowe

  1. Alternative form of knowen

Scots

Etymology

From Old English cnoll (“summit”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [nʌu], [knʌu]
  • (Mid Northern Scots) IPA(key): [tnʌu]

Noun

knowe (plural knowes)

  1. knoll, hillock, hillside, field head
    • 1794, Robert Burns, The Highland Widow's Lament:
      And there I had three score o' yowes, / Ochon, Ochon, Ochrie! / Skipping on yon bonie knowes, / And casting woo' to me.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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