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hnot

  • adjective
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Grammar
hnot, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§425;
Bald, shaven, close-cut
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  • 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. v. 193, 35.
  • On ða hnottan díc of ðære hnottan díc

    the dike without turf(?),

    • iii. 211, 24.
Etymology
[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.]
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  • hnot, adj.