24 Syllables Vol. III

Nivel Thy Brow, Not!

"Don't Nivel at me!
"I see you wrinkle at me
your Hnifol Brow!
IRRITATE me!
Stop ye now!"


5-7-5-4-3








I counted "Hnifol" as 3: "Huh-nif-awl."
https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/nivel


VERB
rare, dialect British
no object To look downcast; to grimace, or wrinkle one's nose; to snivel.
Origin
Middle English; earliest use found in Ancrene Riwle. Origin uncertain; perhaps the reflex of an unattested Old English verbal derivative of hnifol brow, forehead (of unknown origin).