kneelv.

Brit.

/niːl/, U.S.

/nil/

Forms: past tense and participle kneeled

/niːld/, knelt /nɛlt/. Forms: α. Old English cnéowlian, Middle English cnewlen, Middle English cneoulen, kneuli(ȝen, Middle English kneulen, Middle English knewlen. β. Middle English cnylen, Middle English cneolen, cnelen, Middle English cneoli, cneoly, kneolien, kneoly, kneolen, Middle English knelen, ( kn-, cnely), Middle English–1500s knele, (Middle English–1500s knyl, Scottish kneil(l), 1500s–1600s kneele, 1600s– kneel.

Etymology: Early Middle English cneolen < Old English cnéowlian = Dutch knielen , Middle Low German, Low German knelen ; derivative of cnéow , knie , knee n. The past tense and participle knelt appear to be late (19th cent.) and of southern origin. Compare feel, felt.

a. intransitive. To fall on the knees or a knee; to assume, or remain in, a posture in which the body is supported on the bended knees or on one of them, as in supplication or homage. Const. to; also, with indirect passive, to be knelt to. Sometimes of the knee: To bend to the ground in supplication or reverence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action or act of kneeling > kneel or assume kneeling posture [verb (intransitive)]

kneel?a1000

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > respect or show respect [verb (intransitive)] > bow, kneel, or curtsey

loutc825

abowOE

bowa1000

kneel?a1000

kneec1000

crookc1320

to bow the knee1382

inclinec1390

crouchc1394

croukc1394

coucha1500

plya1500

to make or do courtesy1508

beck1535

to make a (long, low, etc.) leg1548

curtsya1556

dopc1557

binge1562

jouk1567

beckon1578

benda1586

humblea1592

vaila1593

to scrape a leg1602

congee1606

to give the stoop1623

leg1628

scrape1645

to drop a curtsy1694

salaam1698

boba1794

dip1818

to make (also perform) a cheese1834

society > faith > worship > other practices > carry out other practices [verb (intransitive)] > kneel, bow, or prostrate oneself

kneel?a1000

fallOE

kneec1000

prostratea1425

genuflect1850

α.

?a1000 Canons of K. Edgar (Tiber. A.iii) f. 96 Silf he on diglum cneowlie [v.r. (Thorpe Anct. Laws II. 282) gecneowige] gelome and hine on eorðan swiðe aþenie.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 25 After þe forme word of þe salme [þu] abuȝest gode and cnewlest toȝenes him.

c1300 Beket 540 The Bischop of Northwich..Kneulede tofore him wepinge.

c1320 Sir Beues (MS. A) 259 Þerl knewlede to þemperur.

β. c1200 Vices & Virtues 51 He ðat alle cnewes to cnelið.c1200 Vices & Virtues 145 Cnyle ðar niðer to-foren hise fet.?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 19 Buȝeð oðer cneolið.c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9968 Þer-to gon cneoli [c1300 Otho cneoly] þe king.1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7607 Þis heyemen, in chirche me may yse Knely [v.rr. Kneleþ, Kneuliȝeþ] to god.c1394 P. Pl. Crede 124 Þou chuldest cnely bifore Crist.c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 39 Ther kneled in the heighe weye A compaignye of ladyes.1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 578 The hardy Scottis..Befors off hand gert mony cruell kneill.1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxix^v Make your humble confession to almightie God..mekely knelyng vpon your knees.a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 134 You were kneel'd too, & importun'd otherwise By all of vs. 1637 J. Pocklington Altare Christianum 154 His knees may not buckle to Baal, nor kneele at the Communion.1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 119 On these stones St. Peter kneeled.1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 18 The clerk kneels before the ordinary whilst he reads the words of the institution.1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xvii. 182 The homely altar where they knelt in after life.1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. ii. 25 Most of the people around him kneeled.figurative.1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 38 Who in heart not ever kneels.1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 38 Let the will kneel within thy haughty heart.1855 R. Browning Childe Roland xx Low scrubby alders kneeled down over it [the river].

b. With down (adown): To go down on the knees. So to kneel up, to rise on the knees.

ΚΠ

a1225 St. Marher. 20 Heo bigon on hire cneon to cneolin adun.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4816 Dun þai kneld [Gött.. knelid, Trin. Cambr. kneled] at his fette.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1145 Þai knelyd doune at þe water syde.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1321/1 Who..falling downe prostrate on his face, and then kneeling vp, concluded this noble exercise with these words to hir maiestie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. ii. 19 But as for Cæsar, Kneele downe, kneele downe, and wonder.

1750 N. Lardner Wks. (1838) III. 292 They kneeled down to the elect to ask their blessing.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna x. xxxix. 231 He knelt down upon the dust.

1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) ii. 11 When I kneel up, early in the morning, in my little bed..to look out.

c. With reflexive pronoun (see him pron. 3c). archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action or act of kneeling > kneel or assume kneeling posture [verb (reflexive)]

setc1250

kneelc1430

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [verb (reflexive)] > kneel

kneelc1430

c1430 Life St. Kath. (1884) 9 A lord aroos..and kneled hym doun before þe queen.

1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres ii. lxiii. sig. I4^v He kneeles him downe euen at his entering.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel vi. xxx. 190 There they kneeled them down.

d. With impersonal object: to kneel it.

ΚΠ

1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 91 We beg and entreat, and bend also; yea and kneel it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kneel
释义	kneelv. Brit. /niːl/, U.S. /nil/ Forms: past tense and participle kneeled /niːld/, knelt /nɛlt/. Forms: α. Old English cnéowlian, Middle English cnewlen, Middle English cneoulen, kneuli(ȝen, Middle English kneulen, Middle English knewlen. β. Middle English cnylen, Middle English cneolen, cnelen, Middle English cneoli, cneoly, kneolien, kneoly, kneolen, Middle English knelen, ( kn-, cnely), Middle English–1500s knele, (Middle English–1500s knyl, Scottish kneil(l), 1500s–1600s kneele, 1600s– kneel. Etymology: Early Middle English cneolen < Old English cnéowlian = Dutch knielen , Middle Low German, Low German knelen ; derivative of cnéow , knie , knee n. The past tense and participle knelt appear to be late (19th cent.) and of southern origin. Compare feel, felt. a. intransitive. To fall on the knees or a knee; to assume, or remain in, a posture in which the body is supported on the bended knees or on one of them, as in supplication or homage. Const. to; also, with indirect passive, to be knelt to. Sometimes of the knee: To bend to the ground in supplication or reverence. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or act of kneeling > kneel or assume kneeling posture [verb (intransitive)] kneel?a1000 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > respect or show respect [verb (intransitive)] > bow, kneel, or curtsey loutc825 abowOE bowa1000 kneel?a1000 kneec1000 crookc1320 to bow the knee1382 inclinec1390 crouchc1394 croukc1394 coucha1500 plya1500 to make or do courtesy1508 beck1535 to make a (long, low, etc.) leg1548 curtsya1556 dopc1557 binge1562 jouk1567 beckon1578 benda1586 humblea1592 vaila1593 to scrape a leg1602 congee1606 to give the stoop1623 leg1628 scrape1645 to drop a curtsy1694 salaam1698 boba1794 dip1818 to make (also perform) a cheese1834 society > faith > worship > other practices > carry out other practices [verb (intransitive)] > kneel, bow, or prostrate oneself kneel?a1000 fallOE kneec1000 prostratea1425 genuflect1850 α. ?a1000 Canons of K. Edgar (Tiber. A.iii) f. 96 Silf he on diglum cneowlie [v.r. (Thorpe Anct. Laws II. 282) gecneowige] gelome and hine on eorðan swiðe aþenie. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 25 After þe forme word of þe salme [þu] abuȝest gode and cnewlest toȝenes him. c1300 Beket 540 The Bischop of Northwich..Kneulede tofore him wepinge. c1320 Sir Beues (MS. A) 259 Þerl knewlede to þemperur. β. c1200 Vices & Virtues 51 He ðat alle cnewes to cnelið.c1200 Vices & Virtues 145 Cnyle ðar niðer to-foren hise fet.?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 19 Buȝeð oðer cneolið.c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9968 Þer-to gon cneoli [c1300 Otho cneoly] þe king.1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7607 Þis heyemen, in chirche me may yse Knely [v.rr. Kneleþ, Kneuliȝeþ] to god.c1394 P. Pl. Crede 124 Þou chuldest cnely bifore Crist.c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 39 Ther kneled in the heighe weye A compaignye of ladyes.1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 578 The hardy Scottis..Befors off hand gert mony cruell kneill.1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxix^v Make your humble confession to almightie God..mekely knelyng vpon your knees.a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 134 You were kneel'd too, & importun'd otherwise By all of vs. View more context for this quotation1637 J. Pocklington Altare Christianum 154 His knees may not buckle to Baal, nor kneele at the Communion.1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 119 On these stones St. Peter kneeled.1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 18 The clerk kneels before the ordinary whilst he reads the words of the institution.1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xvii. 182 The homely altar where they knelt in after life.1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. ii. 25 Most of the people around him kneeled.figurative.1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 38 Who in heart not ever kneels.1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 38 Let the will kneel within thy haughty heart.1855 R. Browning Childe Roland xx Low scrubby alders kneeled down over it [the river]. b. With down (adown): To go down on the knees. So to kneel up, to rise on the knees. ΚΠ a1225 St. Marher. 20 Heo bigon on hire cneon to cneolin adun. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4816 Dun þai kneld [Gött.. knelid, Trin. Cambr. kneled] at his fette. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1145 Þai knelyd doune at þe water syde. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1321/1 Who..falling downe prostrate on his face, and then kneeling vp, concluded this noble exercise with these words to hir maiestie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. ii. 19 But as for Cæsar, Kneele downe, kneele downe, and wonder. View more context for this quotation 1750 N. Lardner Wks. (1838) III. 292 They kneeled down to the elect to ask their blessing. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna x. xxxix. 231 He knelt down upon the dust. 1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) ii. 11 When I kneel up, early in the morning, in my little bed..to look out. c. With reflexive pronoun (see him pron. 3c). archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or act of kneeling > kneel or assume kneeling posture [verb (reflexive)] setc1250 kneelc1430 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [verb (reflexive)] > kneel kneelc1430 c1430 Life St. Kath. (1884) 9 A lord aroos..and kneled hym doun before þe queen. 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres ii. lxiii. sig. I4^v He kneeles him downe euen at his entering. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel vi. xxx. 190 There they kneeled them down. d. With impersonal object: to kneel it. ΚΠ 1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 91 We beg and entreat, and bend also; yea and kneel it. 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