Middle English Dictionary Entry

cokel, kokel adj.
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Entry Info

Forms cokel kokel adj.
Etymology Cp. cockle v.(2) in OD.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
Wavering, timid.
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Supplemental Materials (draft)

  • (c1125) EPNSoc.22 (Cum.)18 : Chechel.
  • (1295) EPNSoc.22 (Cum.)18 : Kekel.
  • (1500) EPNSoc.22 (Cum.)18 : Kekyll.
    • Note: New sense.
    Note: Gloss: "In names."
    Note: New forms: Also..(in names) chechel, kekel, kekil.
    Note: EPNS 22, p. 18: "This [modern Keekle] is identical with the Norwegian stream-name Kykla, 'winding stream'..or the adjective *kikall, postulated for Kikallvagen, a Norwegian inlet."--notes per MLL

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