† ˈknave-child Obs.
A male child.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 77 Þu scald..bare Knaue child. c 1275 Lay. 15526 Ȝef man funde..eny cnaue child, þat neuere fader nadde. c 1320 Sir Beues (MS. A) 3714 Fond he þer noþer ȝong ne elder, Boute twei heþene knaue childer. c 1440 Gesta Rom. i. lxxii. 390 (Add. MS.) With in few dayes after she was delyuered of a fayre knave childe. |