Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position. · To sink down so that the entrance is level with the pavement, making it easier for passengers to enter. · To cause to kneel. · To rest on (one's) knees.
From Middle English knelen, from Old English cnēowlian (“to kneel”), equivalent to knee + -le. Cognate with Dutch knielen, Low German knelen, dialectal German knielen, Alemannic German chnüle, Danish knæle, all meaning “to kneel”.
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