七なな重えの膝ひざを八や重えに折おる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

humbly implore; beg profusely

Idiomatic expression describing a deeply deferential, pleading posture, as if bending one knee sevenfold and eightfold. Used in formal or literary contexts to convey extreme humility when making a request.

• 彼かれは七なな重えの膝ひざを八や重えに折おって許ゆるしを請こうた。

  He humbly begged for forgiveness, bending his knee sevenfold and eightfold.