☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Knave

Originally, a male child or servant; later, a dishonest or unscrupulous person. In English legal history, used in court records and indictments to describe a person of low character who engages in petty fraud, trickery, or deceit.

Etymology: Old English 'cnafa' (boy, servant), cognate with German 'Knabe' (boy) · Category: English Legal History · Source: Oxford English Dictionary; Middle English legal records
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