Help please with missing word: a rather ---- edition of Omar Khayyam

[groom]

Not sure what the word is, but an interesting entry. 

Could the word be "know"  - I know not what?

[Greensleeves]

I agree  with Groom - the word doesn't look like 'know' but the context is correct. 

[Bookbox]

I wot not ... (= know not).

[a chesters]

I wot not ... (= know not).

I agree, as it would fit in with not knowing the correct word for a male virgin.

[mirl]

Well, she did but didn't know the word for a male virgin, in English it's ... wait for it ... virgin.

I searched on the term "definition male virgin" and, let me tell you, you'll be very surprised (maybe not) at what you get!! 

There are few languages that have a specific word but English isn't one of them.

[BrazilianBombshell]

Thank you ALL again for your help.  The diary was written when she was 22, and the following year she was married to my father.  Though it seems she was a "naughty" girl, my twin brother and I were born 9 months and 10 days (mother always said 10 minutes!) after they were married.  They had 8 children in total, with two sets of twins.  Thank you very much for your sterling help.