kneel

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To go down and rest on your knees.

   In church you have to kneel during parts of the service.

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”.

Topics