cokewold

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cokewald, cukewald, cukeweld, cokwold

Etymology

Probably from Old French cucuault.

Noun

cokewold (plural cokewolds)

1. cuckold
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Myllers Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, line 118:

     And demed hymself, been lik a cokewold.

     And deemed himself, [he had] been like a cuckold.

Descendants

• English: cuckold

References

• “cokewold”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “cokewold, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.