Note 30 — Chapter II · UNIVERSITY AND MILITARY LIFE. [1832-1844.]
Kenneth R. H. (Kenneth Robert Henderson) Mackenzie translation
This requires explanation, the pun not being susceptible of translation. The derivation of Kniephof is uncertain; Knie is, however, Knee, and it might have come from its being granted for knee-service. Kneipe is a pot-house: Hof, a court.—K. R. H. M.