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Middle English
Etymology
Compare Saterland Frisian Knuf (“lump”).
Noun
gnof
- (hapax) churl; curmudgeon
1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Millerẏs Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published , →OCLC, folio 42, recto, lines 3187-3188:Whilom ther was dwellyng in Oxenfoꝛd / A riche gnof that geſtes heeld to boꝛd- Once there was living in Oxford / A rich churl who took in guests as boarders.