Middle English Dictionary Entry
cuski v.
Entry Info
Forms | cuski v. |
Etymology | Perhaps ON; cp. OI kūgask submit oneself, refl. of kūga cow (sb.). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To quiet down, rest.
Associated quotations
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)580 : I ne wiste what was my beste Reed -- forto reste or rome more at large..Mym..cunseilled me to cusky and care for myself, And leste I soughte sorowe, cesse by tyme.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)423 : Þey dronk & made an ende; And eche man drouȝe to cusky, to sclepe, & take his rest.