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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably from Old French cucuault.
Noun
cokewold (plural cokewolds)
- cuckold
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Myllers Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC, line
118:
And demed hymself, been lik a cokewold.- And deemed himself, been like a cuckold.
Descendants
References
- “cokewold”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “cokewold, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.