different between knoll vs gnoll
knoll
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /n??l/, [n??l], [n??l]
- (General American) enPR: n?l, IPA(key): /no?l/
Etymology 1
From Old English cnoll (“summit”), from Proto-Germanic *knudan-, *knudla-, *knulla- (“lump”), possibly related to cnotta.
Related to Old Norse knollr (found only in names of places), Dutch knol (“tuber”), Swedish knöl (“tuber”), Danish knold (“hillock, clod, tuber”) and German Knolle (“bulb”).
Noun
knoll (plural knolls)
- A small mound or rounded hill.
Derived terms
- Brent Knoll
Translations
Etymology 2
Imitative, or variant of knell.
Noun
knoll (plural knolls)
- A knell.
Verb
knoll (third-person singular simple present knolls, present participle knolling, simple past and past participle knolled)
- (transitive) To ring (a bell) mournfully; to knell.
- (transitive, intransitive) To sound (something) like a bell; to knell.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Gardener's Daughter; or, The Pictures
- Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Gardener's Daughter; or, The Pictures
Etymology 3
Named after Knoll, a furniture fabrication shop, famous for its angular range of designer furniture.
Verb
knoll (third-person singular simple present knolls, present participle knolling, simple past and past participle knolled)
- To arrange related objects in parallel or at 90 degree angles.
References
- Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012
Westrobothnian
Verb
knoll (preterite knollä)
- (transitive) roll together: make curly
Related terms
- knóllär
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gnoll
English
Etymology
According to A Brief History of Gnolls, by Paul Haynie, they were created by Lord Dunsany in "How Nuth Would Have Practiced His Art Upon the Gnoles", and the name was likely derived from a playing field of the Welsh All Blacks known as the Gnoll, probably derived from English knoll
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /n??l/
- (US) IPA(key): /no?l/
- Homophone: knoll
Noun
gnoll (plural gnolls)
- A usually evil and hyena-like humanoid creature found in various forms in fantasy literature and video games.
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