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- noun Obsolete spelling of
knife .
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Examples
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March 28, 2008 at 10:55 am jooleree boks knyfe an frok ,carving lukking glass,loowee 15th periyud
i haz a mous - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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May 8, 2008 at 2:23 pm quilt peezes rake handul tree peezes utilitee knyfe–rusty
this is the LAST TIME - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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And Abraham stretched forth his hande and toke the knyfe to have kylled his sonne.
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And Abraham toke the wodd of the sacrifyce and layde it upon Isaac his sonne and toke fyre in his hande and a knyfe.
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Take you with your napkin & knyfe the croms that are fore the,
Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881
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Take you with your napkin & knyfe the croms that are fore thee
Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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++The keruer must knowe the keruynge and the fayre ha {n} dlynge of a knyfe, and how ye shall seche al maner of fowle/your knyfe muste be fayre and [Fol. A 5.] [a] your ha {n} des muste be clene; & passe not two fyngers & a thombe vpon your knyfe.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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Sloane MS. 1315, reads “Custarde, enche square checke hit with your knyfe.”
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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Thañ whañ ye þat venesou {n} so haue chekkid hit, [Fol. 176b.] with þe fore p {ar} te of your {e} knyfe/
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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Thy knyfe se be sharpe to cut fayre thy meate; 452
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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