Cnoll

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - cnoll

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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CNOLL
m. A KNOLL, hill-top, cop, summit; cacumen, vertex :-- On ðam teóðan mónþe æteówodon ðæra munta cnollas decimo mense apparuerunt cacumina montium, Gen. 8, 5. Garganus hine gemétte standan uppon ðam cnolle ðære heálícan dúne Garganus found him standing on the knoll of the high hill, Homl. Th. i. 502, 13. Heá dúne, hyllas and cnollas high downs, hills and knolls, Exon. 18a; Th. 45, 11; Cri. 717. On cnolle in vertice, Mone B. 927. To ufeweardum ðam cnolle ad verticem montis, Jud. 16, 3. He hit ne sette upon ðone héhstan cnoll he should not set it upon the highest hill-top, Bt. titl. xii; Fox xii. 15. On ðam lytlan cnolle ðe Ermon hátte Hermonis a monte modico, Ps. Th. 41, 7. [Prompt. knolle: Plat. knulle: Dut. knol, m: Kil. knolle: Ger. knolle, knollen, m: M. H. Ger. knolle: Dan. knold, m. f: Swed. knöl, m.] cnoll
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