Hnot

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hnot

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: 193, 35. On ða hnottan díc of ðære hnottan díc

Definitions

1 hnot

adj. Bald, shaven, close-cut :-- Calu oððe hnot glabrio, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 37. Hnot mutilum, mutilatum, Cot. 131, Lye. Tó ðon hnottan seale to the pollard-willow, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. the dike without turf (f), iii. 211, 24. [Chauc. not-heed, Prol. 109: Dep. Rich. not of his nolle, 3, 46: Halliwell Dict. not smooth, without horns; to shear, poll: see Nares' Gloss. nott, nott-pated, -headed.] hnot

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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