Middle English Dictionary Entry
cokerel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cokerel n. Also cokrel. |
| Etymology | From cok (1), with dimin. suff. -erel, as in pik-erel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A young cock; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)86 : Cokerelle: Gallus.
- (1465) Acc.Howard in RC 57296 : She paid for yonge kokerelles to make of capons, ix d.
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)251 : Kokerel: Gallulus, Gallunculus, Gallinellus.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)26b : A Cokrell: gallinacius.
b
- (1176) in Pipe R.Soc.25128 : Willelmus Cokerel.
- -?-(1309) Reg.Freemen York in Sur.Soc.9613 : Ricardus Kokerell, barber.