5 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
noun supporting yourself on your knees
verb rest one's weight on one's knees
originFrom Middle English knelen, from Old English cnēowlian (“to kneel”), equivalent to knee + -le. Cognate with Dutch knielen, Low German knelen, dialectal German knielen, Alemannic German chnüle, Danish knæle, all meaning “to kneel”.
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