Middle English Dictionary Entry
frok n.
Entry Info
| Forms | frok n. Also frog(ge. |
| Etymology | OF froc; ML froccus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An outer (woollen) garment worn by monks and friars; a cope or cowl.
Associated quotations
- 1350 *Dur.MS.Cha.Roll [OD col.] : ij frokkes.
- c1400(a1376) *PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)[5.64] 12a : Of a ffreris frokke [vr. frogge] were þe fore sleuys.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)101/37 : Garnementes large wyde but..schorte to the knees & longe sleves doun to the feet lych a Monkes frokke.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)179 : Frogge, or froke, munkys abyte: Flocus.
- (1466) Paston (Gairdner)4.230 : A cope called a frogge of worsted for the Prior of Bromholm.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)11.920 (v.1:p.130) : He .. rather chees to weren .. a monkis frog than a kyngis purpil.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)51b : A ffroke: Cuculus.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)293 : In cotynge of his cope is more cloþ y-folden Þan was in Fraunces froc whan he hem first made.
2.
(a) A men's outer garment; also, an under-coat; (b) the feather covering (of a bird).
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)136 : A þral..unþryvandely cloþed, Ne no festival frok, bot fyled with werkkez.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1742 : Þe kyng comaunded..to cleþe þat wyse In frokkes of fyn cloþ.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)10600 : Her armure ferde as it were frockis.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)114 : Thai weren no wolen, but yf it be a pouere cote vndir thair vttermest garnement, made of grete caunuas, and callid a frokke.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)289/328 : I wold be fayn of this frog [Christ's coat], myght it fall vnto me.
b
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)1.945 : As a birde..Whom the fouler..to the market bereth to selle, And for euery fethir of his froke penyes doth telle.