Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Synonym of kneppars.
To bite gently, nibble. · To graze, crop; (of horses) to bite in play. · To pick or pick off (e.g. flowers, berries, etc.) · To clasp the hands; to clench one's fists.
A variant of knap (etymology 3). Cognates * Danish kneppe (“to snap”) (obsolete) * Dutch knijpen (“to pinch, nip”), knippen (“to clip, snip”) * Norwegian Nynorsk kneppa (“to squeeze or join together”) * Scots knep (“to clench, bind”)
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