col-fish and colfish - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

cōl-fish n.

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Entry Info

Forms	cōl-fish n.
Etymology	Cp. col n.(2) & fish.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.

Coal-fish (Pollachius virens, of the cod family).

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Associated quotations

(1337-8) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9934 : ccc Stokfysch et Schrafysch, et 60 Colfysch.
(1338) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9935 : In xl kolfysch, 4 s.

Supplemental Materials (draft)

a1400 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Paris n.a. lat.699)96/17 : Carbonel [glossed:] colfyth.

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Note: New spelling: Also (?error) colfyth.