Knell, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Knelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Knelling.] [OE. knellen, knillen, As. cnyllan. See Knell, n.] To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen.
Not worth a blessing nor a bell to knell for thee. Beau. & Fl.
Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known,
Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word, “alone”. Ld. Lytton.