knave
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The following examples will serve to illustrate the use of this curious form:— “—— þay schin knawe sone, Þere is no bounté in burne lyk Baltaȝar þewes.”
From Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century by Morris, Richard
I knawe they have the exemple of France to speak ane way and wryte an other; but that exemple is as gud to absorb the s in the end of everie word.
From Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue A Treates, noe shorter than necessarie, for the Schooles by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin
A þing ich wile you here shauwe, Þat ye100 alle ful wel knawe.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
But or bad he, þat þider were brouth Þe quen, for hem, swilk was his þouth, 2784 For to se, and forto shawe, Yif þat he hire wolde knawe.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
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Romeo and Juliet
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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