Middle English Dictionary Entry

canked-ort n.
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Entry Info

Forms canked-ort n. Also kanked-, kankerd-.
Etymology ?From cancred ppl. & ort. See Spargo, MLN 64.264-6.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
A difficult position, a predicament.
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Note: See MLN 64 (Spargo pp. 264-66 and Spitzer p. 503) for two different (possible) etymological sources for this word.-per MLL

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