knelln.

Brit.

/nɛl/, U.S.

/nɛl/

Forms: α. Old English–Middle English cnyll, (Old English cnyl), Middle English cnul, Middle English–1500s knyll, (1500s knyle), 1600s knill; β. Middle English knel, 1500s– knell.

Etymology: Old English cnyll masculine < *cnulli-, from stem of cnyllan , knell v. (perhaps a late formation, after originally i- nouns from strong verbs): thence apparently Welsh cnul, cnull, ‘death-bell, passing-bell, knell’. The later form knell goes with the same form in the verb. Compare German and Dutch knoll ‘clap, loud report’ < knellen.

a. The sound made by a bell when struck or rung, esp. the sound of a bell rung slowly and solemnly, as immediately after a death or at a funeral.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > bell > knell, peal, or stroke

knellc961

soul-knell?a1300

soul-knoll?c1500

death knell1773

dumb peal1799

teller1868

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of bell

knellc961

ringOE

bell-dreamc1175

ringingc1300

clinkingc1386

knellingc1440

ding-dong1611

tang1669

jangling1686

jow17..

steeple-music1732

dinging1767

bell-chimea1822

jowl1822

tintinnabulation1831

ring-a-ding1844

α.

c961 Æthelwold Rule St. Benet xlviii. 74 Siðþan hy þone forman cnyl to none gehyren, gangen hy ealle from hyra weorce.

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 103 Hwilon ic gehyre cnyll, and ic arise.

c1300 Vox & Wolf 251 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 277 Thi soul-cnul ich wile do ringe.

1513 Will of Robert Fabyan in R. Fabyan New Chrons. Eng. & France (1811) Pref. p. v I will that my knyll be rongyn at my monethes mynde after the guyse of London.

β. c1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 149 Laste knel, le dreyne apel.1530 Aberd. Counc. Reg. (1844) Pref. 37 The watch that beis in Sanct Nicholass stepill..quhen he seis ony man cummand to the toun ridand..[sal] gif bot a knell with the bell, and gif thair beis tua, tua knellis.1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Aa.ii The dolefull bell that still dothe ring, The wofull knell of all my ioyes.1591 E. Spenser Daphnaïda 334 Let..the ayre be fil'd with noyse of dolefull knells.a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. i. 63 The Bell inuites me. Heare it not, Duncan, for it is a Knell, That summons thee to Heauen, or to Hell. 1751 T. Gray Elegy i. 5 The curfeu tolls the knell of parting day.1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iv. xxi. 156 The Convent bell Long time had ceased its matin knell.1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. i. 3 All the morning the funeral knell has been tolling.

b. figurative. A sound announcing the death of a person or the passing away of something; an omen of death or extinction. Also, allusively, in phrases expressing or having reference to death or extinction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > [noun] > ominous

knell1623

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > of evil > of death or extinction

knell1623

β.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. i. 33 Brought agen to th' Bar, to heare His Knell rung out, his Iudgement.

1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 148 No stationary steeds Cough their own knell.

1878 R. W. Emerson Fortune of Republic in Wks. (1906) III. 393 Men whose names are a knell to all hope of progress.

c. transferred. A sound resembling a knell; a doleful cry, dirge, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > [noun]

groan1608

suuma1616

requiem1635

knell1647

moan1730

plaint1730

complaining1735

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun]

reameOE

ropeOE

greeta1325

yammer?a1513

plangor1567

ululation1599

howla1616

vagit1630

knell1647

pillaloo1785

whillaloo1790

ullagone1819

ululu1834

wail1863

α.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. iii. xxi Ever and anon a dolefull knill Comes from the fatall Owl.

β. a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas xxv, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 37 A knell Of sobbing voices came upon her ears.

Compounds

† knell-man n.

ΚΠ

1611 ‘G. Vadianus’ in T. Coryate Crudities sig. l2 Bell-man and knell-man gentrie of the steeple.

knell-voice n.

ΚΠ

1900 Speaker 9 June 276/1 I still must only hearken To these knell-voices in the blood.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

knellv.

Brit.

/nɛl/, U.S.

/nɛl/

Forms: α. Old English cnyllan, Middle English knulle (ü), Middle English knylle; β. Middle English knelle, 1500s knel, 1600s– knell.

Etymology: Old English cnyllan < *knulljan; apparently in ablaut relation to Middle High German er-knellen (Old Germanic *knell-, knall-, knoll-: see Grimm s.v. knellen): thence apparently Welsh cnulio to toll (a bell). The later knell was probably an onomatopoeic modification.

Now chiefly archaic.

†1. transitive. To strike with a resounding blow, to knock; also absol. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > so as to make a sound > knock

knellc950

chopa1375

knap?a1500

knock1623

rap1676

knubble1721

knobble?1795

α.

c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. vii. 7 Cnysað vel cnyllas ge [pulsate] & un-tyned bið iuh.

c975 Rushw. Gosp. Luke xi. 10 Ðæm cnyllende ontyned bið.

c975 Rushw. Gosp. Luke xii. 36 Miððy cymeð & cnyllað [Lindisf. cnyllsað] sona ontyned bið him.

c1311 Pol. Songs (Rolls) 193 Ther hy were knulled y the put-falle, This eorles ant barouns ant huere knyhtes alle.

β. 13.. Propr. Sanct. (Vernon MS.) in Herrig Archiv LXXXI. 84/70 Whos heued þei knelled wiþ moni a knoc.

†2. transitive. To ring (a bell); in later use esp. to ring slowly and solemnly, as for a death or at a funeral, to toll; also absol. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [verb (transitive)]

knellc961

ring?a1300

clipc1440

to ring outc1453

knoll1467

tolla1513

ting1552

jowa1572

tinglea1657

taratantar1840

clock1858

clapper1872

jowl1872

chime1880

α.

c961 Æthelwold Rule St. Benet xlviii. 74 Hy ealle..don hy gearuwe, þæt hy magon to cirican gan, þonne mon eft cnylle.

a1400 Sir Perc. 1349 Now knyllyne thay the comone belle.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxii. 102 He knyllez a lytill bell of siluer.

β. 1494 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 189 When the more Bell at Powles chirch is knelled.1530 Aberd. Counc. Reg. (1844) Pref. 37 And quhowsone the watch..heirs him knelland continuall and fast, than he sall jow the comond bell.?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 11 At ten he sal knel; at half hour to xi knel; at xi ryng to the dennar.a1651 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) II. 362 A little before midnight..the trumpets were blowin, the commoun bell knelled.

3. intransitive.

a. Of a bell: To ring; now esp. for a death or at a funeral; to toll.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > obsequies > [verb (intransitive)] > sound knell

knella1375

toll1782

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > sound [verb (intransitive)] > bells

ringc1175

knella1375

clinkc1386

clapc1440

jangle1494

toll1551

knoll1582

chime1583

troll1607

tintinnate1623

swing1645

ding-dong1659

strike1677

jow1786

clam?a1800

to ring in1818

dinglea1839

to strike offa1843

dingle dongle1858

jowl1872

tankle1894

tintinnabulate1906

tong1907

α.

c1430 Freemasonry 689 When thou herest to masse knylle, Pray to God with herte stylle.

β. a1375 Lay Folks Mass Bk. App. iv. 571 Ȝit schul ȝe preye..Til þat þe belle knelle.1578 Compend. Bk. Godlie Psalmes (new ed.) 195 O hirdis of Israel, heir ȝe the Lordis bell Knelland fast in ȝour eir.a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat v. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. G4/2 Not worth a blessing, nor a Bell to knell for thee.1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) iv. ii. 120 The sullen huge oracular bell, Which never knells but for a princely death.

b. gen. To give forth a reverberating or a mournful sound. Usually transferred or figurative from a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > mournful or plaintive [verb (intransitive)]

knella1400

plaina1425

mourna1522

groan1602

complain1694

moan1805

dirge1907

α.

a1400–50 Alexander 775 So knellyd [Ashm. MS. kinlid for knilid] þe clarions þat all þe clyff rongen.

β. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 764 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 119 Claryonis lowde knellis Portatiuis and bellis.1808 W. Scott Hunting Song i Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling.1887 E. Dowden Life Shelley II. xii. 499 The waves began to cry and knell against the rocks.

c. figurative. To sound ominously or with ominous effect. Also said allusively in reference to death or extinction. (Cf. knell n. b.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > mournful or plaintive [verb (intransitive)] > ominous

knell1816

1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 144 The words of the warlock are knelling in my ears!

1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. viii. 198 Her natural blankness of imagination read his absence as an entire relinquishment: it knelled in a vacant chamber.

a. transitive. To summon or call by or as by a knell; to ring (into, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > ringing of bells as signal > ring (a bell) as signal [verb (transitive)] > summon or dismiss by

ring1483

toll1611

knolla1616

knell1816

1816 S. T. Coleridge Christabel ii. 27 Each matin bell, the Baron saith, Knells us back to a world of death.

1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin I. xxi. 260 Ladies who become countesses are knelled into marriage.

b. To proclaim by or as by a knell.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > ringing of bells as signal > ring (a bell) as signal [verb (transitive)] > announce or proclaim by

ringOE

smite1370

knell1840

to ting in1880

buzz1914

1840 Lady C. M. C. Bury Hist. Flirt iii Mr. Flynn's requiem was knelled in the hearts of the elders.

1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 68 Let..the bell of beetle and of bee Knell their melodious memory.

1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel I. xiii. 188 Benson's tongue was knelling Dinner.

Derivatives

ˈknelling n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of bell

knellc961

ringOE

bell-dreamc1175

ringingc1300

clinkingc1386

knellingc1440

ding-dong1611

tang1669

jangling1686

jow17..

steeple-music1732

dinging1767

bell-chimea1822

jowl1822

tintinnabulation1831

ring-a-ding1844

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [adjective] > sound of bells

tinglingc1450

jingling1558

chiming1648

knelling1662

tolling1728

clinking1871

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 279/2 Knyllynge of a belle, tintillacio.

1662 T. W. Thorny-Abbey 14, in Gratiæ Theatrales Are these sounds the knelling obsequies You use to keep at a King's Funerall?

1863 W. Thornbury True as Steel III. 142 The knelling shots of the harquebusses.

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 June 4 The mournful knelling of the bells from the steeples of Cronstadt and St. Petersburg.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	knell
释义	knelln. Brit. /nɛl/, U.S. /nɛl/ Forms: α. Old English–Middle English cnyll, (Old English cnyl), Middle English cnul, Middle English–1500s knyll, (1500s knyle), 1600s knill; β. Middle English knel, 1500s– knell. Etymology: Old English cnyll masculine < cnulli-, from stem of cnyllan* , knell v. (perhaps a late formation, after originally i- nouns from strong verbs): thence apparently Welsh cnul, cnull, ‘death-bell, passing-bell, knell’. The later form knell goes with the same form in the verb. Compare German and Dutch knoll ‘clap, loud report’ < knellen. a. The sound made by a bell when struck or rung, esp. the sound of a bell rung slowly and solemnly, as immediately after a death or at a funeral. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > bell > knell, peal, or stroke knellc961 soul-knell?a1300 soul-knoll?c1500 death knell1773 dumb peal1799 teller1868 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of bell knellc961 ringOE bell-dreamc1175 ringingc1300 clinkingc1386 knellingc1440 ding-dong1611 tang1669 jangling1686 jow17.. steeple-music1732 dinging1767 bell-chimea1822 jowl1822 tintinnabulation1831 ring-a-ding1844 α. c961 Æthelwold Rule St. Benet xlviii. 74 Siðþan hy þone forman cnyl to none gehyren, gangen hy ealle from hyra weorce. c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 103 Hwilon ic gehyre cnyll, and ic arise. c1300 Vox & Wolf 251 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 277 Thi soul-cnul ich wile do ringe. 1513 Will of Robert Fabyan in R. Fabyan New Chrons. Eng. & France (1811) Pref. p. v I will that my knyll be rongyn at my monethes mynde after the guyse of London. β. c1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 149 Laste knel, le dreyne apel.1530 Aberd. Counc. Reg. (1844) Pref. 37 The watch that beis in Sanct Nicholass stepill..quhen he seis ony man cummand to the toun ridand..[sal] gif bot a knell with the bell, and gif thair beis tua, tua knellis.1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Aa.ii The dolefull bell that still dothe ring, The wofull knell of all my ioyes.1591 E. Spenser Daphnaïda 334 Let..the ayre be fil'd with noyse of dolefull knells.a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. i. 63 The Bell inuites me. Heare it not, Duncan, for it is a Knell, That summons thee to Heauen, or to Hell. View more context for this quotation1751 T. Gray Elegy i. 5 The curfeu tolls the knell of parting day.1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iv. xxi. 156 The Convent bell Long time had ceased its matin knell.1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. i. 3 All the morning the funeral knell has been tolling. b. figurative. A sound announcing the death of a person or the passing away of something; an omen of death or extinction. Also, allusively, in phrases expressing or having reference to death or extinction. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > [noun] > ominous knell1623 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > of evil > of death or extinction knell1623 β. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. i. 33 Brought agen to th' Bar, to heare His Knell rung out, his Iudgement. View more context for this quotation 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 148 No stationary steeds Cough their own knell. 1878 R. W. Emerson Fortune of Republic in Wks. (1906) III. 393 Men whose names are a knell to all hope of progress. c. transferred. A sound resembling a knell; a doleful cry, dirge, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > [noun] groan1608 suuma1616 requiem1635 knell1647 moan1730 plaint1730 complaining1735 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun] reameOE ropeOE greeta1325 yammer?a1513 plangor1567 ululation1599 howla1616 vagit1630 knell1647 pillaloo1785 whillaloo1790 ullagone1819 ululu1834 wail1863 α. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. iii. xxi Ever and anon a dolefull knill Comes from the fatall Owl. β. a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas xxv, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 37 A knell Of sobbing voices came upon her ears. Compounds † knell-man n. ΚΠ 1611 ‘G. Vadianus’ in T. Coryate Crudities sig. l2 Bell-man and knell-man gentrie of the steeple. knell-voice n. ΚΠ 1900 Speaker 9 June 276/1 I still must only hearken To these knell-voices in the blood. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). knellv. Brit. /nɛl/, U.S. /nɛl/ Forms: α. Old English cnyllan, Middle English knulle (ü), Middle English knylle; β. Middle English knelle, 1500s knel, 1600s– knell. Etymology: Old English cnyllan < knulljan; apparently in ablaut relation to Middle High German er-knellen* (Old Germanic knell-, knall-, knoll-: see Grimm s.v. knellen): thence apparently Welsh cnulio* to toll (a bell). The later knell was probably an onomatopoeic modification. Now chiefly archaic. †1. transitive. To strike with a resounding blow, to knock; also absol. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > so as to make a sound > knock knellc950 chopa1375 knap?a1500 knock1623 rap1676 knubble1721 knobble?1795 α. c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. vii. 7 Cnysað vel cnyllas ge [pulsate] & un-tyned bið iuh. c975 Rushw. Gosp. Luke xi. 10 Ðæm cnyllende ontyned bið. c975 Rushw. Gosp. Luke xii. 36 Miððy cymeð & cnyllað [Lindisf. cnyllsað] sona ontyned bið him. c1311 Pol. Songs (Rolls) 193 Ther hy were knulled y the put-falle, This eorles ant barouns ant huere knyhtes alle. β. 13.. Propr. Sanct. (Vernon MS.) in Herrig Archiv LXXXI. 84/70 Whos heued þei knelled wiþ moni a knoc. †2. transitive. To ring (a bell); in later use esp. to ring slowly and solemnly, as for a death or at a funeral, to toll; also absol. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > bell-ringing > [verb (transitive)] knellc961 ring?a1300 clipc1440 to ring outc1453 knoll1467 tolla1513 ting1552 jowa1572 tinglea1657 taratantar1840 clock1858 clapper1872 jowl1872 chime1880 α. c961 Æthelwold Rule St. Benet xlviii. 74 Hy ealle..don hy gearuwe, þæt hy magon to cirican gan, þonne mon eft cnylle. a1400 Sir Perc. 1349 Now knyllyne thay the comone belle. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxii. 102 He knyllez a lytill bell of siluer. β. 1494 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 189 When the more Bell at Powles chirch is knelled.1530 Aberd. Counc. Reg. (1844) Pref. 37 And quhowsone the watch..heirs him knelland continuall and fast, than he sall jow the comond bell.?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 11 At ten he sal knel; at half hour to xi knel; at xi ryng to the dennar.a1651 D. Calderwood Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1843) II. 362 A little before midnight..the trumpets were blowin, the commoun bell knelled. 3. intransitive. a. Of a bell: To ring; now esp. for a death or at a funeral; to toll. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > [verb (intransitive)] > sound knell knella1375 toll1782 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > sound [verb (intransitive)] > bells ringc1175 knella1375 clinkc1386 clapc1440 jangle1494 toll1551 knoll1582 chime1583 troll1607 tintinnate1623 swing1645 ding-dong1659 strike1677 jow1786 clam?a1800 to ring in1818 dinglea1839 to strike offa1843 dingle dongle1858 jowl1872 tankle1894 tintinnabulate1906 tong1907 α. c1430 Freemasonry 689 When thou herest to masse knylle, Pray to God with herte stylle. β. a1375 Lay Folks Mass Bk. App. iv. 571 Ȝit schul ȝe preye..Til þat þe belle knelle.1578 Compend. Bk. Godlie Psalmes (new ed.) 195 O hirdis of Israel, heir ȝe the Lordis bell Knelland fast in ȝour eir.a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat v. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. G4/2 Not worth a blessing, nor a Bell to knell for thee.1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) iv. ii. 120 The sullen huge oracular bell, Which never knells but for a princely death. b. gen. To give forth a reverberating or a mournful sound. Usually transferred or figurative from a. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > mournful or plaintive [verb (intransitive)] knella1400 plaina1425 mourna1522 groan1602 complain1694 moan1805 dirge1907 α. a1400–50 Alexander 775 So knellyd [Ashm. MS. kinlid for knilid] þe clarions þat all þe clyff rongen. β. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 764 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 119 Claryonis lowde knellis Portatiuis and bellis.1808 W. Scott Hunting Song i Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling.1887 E. Dowden Life Shelley II. xii. 499 The waves began to cry and knell against the rocks. c. figurative. To sound ominously or with ominous effect. Also said allusively in reference to death or extinction. (Cf. knell n. b.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > mournful or plaintive [verb (intransitive)] > ominous knell1816 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 144 The words of the warlock are knelling in my ears! 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. viii. 198 Her natural blankness of imagination read his absence as an entire relinquishment: it knelled in a vacant chamber. 4. a. transitive. To summon or call by or as by a knell; to ring (into, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > ringing of bells as signal > ring (a bell) as signal [verb (transitive)] > summon or dismiss by ring1483 toll1611 knolla1616 knell1816 1816 S. T. Coleridge Christabel ii. 27 Each matin bell, the Baron saith, Knells us back to a world of death. 1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin I. xxi. 260 Ladies who become countesses are knelled into marriage. b. To proclaim by or as by a knell. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > ringing of bells as signal > ring (a bell) as signal [verb (transitive)] > announce or proclaim by ringOE smite1370 knell1840 to ting in1880 buzz1914 1840 Lady C. M. C. Bury Hist. Flirt iii Mr. Flynn's requiem was knelled in the hearts of the elders. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 68 Let..the bell of beetle and of bee Knell their melodious memory. 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel I. xiii. 188 Benson's tongue was knelling Dinner. Derivatives ˈknelling n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of bell knellc961 ringOE bell-dreamc1175 ringingc1300 clinkingc1386 knellingc1440 ding-dong1611 tang1669 jangling1686 jow17.. steeple-music1732 dinging1767 bell-chimea1822 jowl1822 tintinnabulation1831 ring-a-ding1844 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [adjective] > sound of bells tinglingc1450 jingling1558 chiming1648 knelling1662 tolling1728 clinking1871 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 279/2 Knyllynge of a belle, tintillacio. 1662 T. W. Thorny-Abbey 14, in Gratiæ Theatrales Are these sounds the knelling obsequies You use to keep at a King's Funerall? 1863 W. Thornbury True as Steel III. 142 The knelling shots of the harquebusses. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 June 4 The mournful knelling of the bells from the steeples of Cronstadt and St. Petersburg. 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