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knoll

1[nohl]
–noun
a small, rounded hill or eminence; hillock.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME cnol, OE cnoll; c. Norw knoll hillock; akin to D knol turnip, Icel knollur, G Knollen, Dan knold tuber


knolly, adjective

knoll

2[nohl] Archaic.
–verb (used with object)
1. to ring or toll a bell for; announce by tolling.
2. to ring or toll (a bell).
–verb (used without object)
3. to sound, as a bell; ring.
4. to sound a knell.
–noun
5. a stroke of a bell in ringing or tolling.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME (n. and v.); var. of knell


knoller, noun
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knoll 1   (nōl)   
n.  A small rounded hill or mound; a hillock.

[Middle English knol, from Old English cnoll.]
knoll 2   (nōl)   
v.   knolled, knoll·ing, knolls

v.   intr.
To ring mournfully; knell.
v.   tr.
To ring or sound (a bell, for example) mournfully; knell.
n.  A knell.

[Middle English knollen, probably alteration of knellen, to knell; see knell.]
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Word Origin & History

knoll 
O.E. cnoll "hilltop, small hill," related to O.N. knollr "hilltop;" Ger. knolle "clod, lump;" Du. knol "turnip," nol "a hill."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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