Middle English Dictionary Entry
cotāǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cotāǧe n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A peasant's cottage, a humble dwelling; also, a holding consisting of a cottage and the land belonging to it.
Associated quotations
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4012 : A poure widwe..Was whilom dwellynge in a narwe cotage.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4180 : They ne founde as muche as a cotage In which they bothe myghte ylogged be.
- (1426) EEWills75/12 : Þe tenement cleped þe Cok in Grubstrete with cotages annexid þerto.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)417/185 : Aldare..with his wiff in a smal cotage Ther houshold heeld.
- (1443) Deed Yks.in YASRS 76149 : A cotag wyth a yard lygyng therby.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)576/2 : Cotagium: a cotage, or a cot.
- (1465) Lin.DDoc.123/2 : That then he haue..a Cotage that I purchased in Spaldyng.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)319/2 : Wymark holles helde j cotage and ij acris of bonde-lond.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)77 : A Cottage: contagium [read: cotagium], domunculus.
- a1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)43 : Se what..may be worthe..all maner cotages, rentes, fermes..& all oþer þynges whereby eny profet to you yerly may aryse.