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Gnof

Gnof

(nŏf)
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Noun.
Churl; curmudgeon.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

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gnof

gnof

Middle English

Noun

gnof (plural gnofs)

  1. churl; curmudgeon
    • 1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Miller's Tale,
      Whilom ther was dwellynge at Oxenford / A riche gnof, that gestes heeld to bord.