Middle English Dictionary Entry
cakeling ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | cakeling ger. Also gakelyng. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. gageling.
1.
Cackling; chattering.
Associated quotations
- a1425 Wycl.MCh.(Bod 788)422 : Alle þes privylegiis ben cacling of malice þat is mystaken aȝens God.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)562 : Tho began The goos to speke, and in hire kakelynge [vrr. kaklynge, gakelyng] She seyde.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)58 : Cakelynge [Win: Caklynge], or callynge of hennys: Gracillacio.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)148/2468 : Caytyuys! lete be ȝour kakelynge.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)14364 : Whan I do wel any thyng, I cesse neuere off kakelyng.