A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

Cocow; see [Cukkow].

[ Cod], sb. cod, pod, husk, MD; codde, Prompt., Palsg.; coddis, pl., W.—AS. codd, bag (Mark 6. 8).

[ Cod], sb. pillow, Cath., MD; coddis, pl., HD.—Icel. koddi, pillow.

[ Cof], adj. quick, MD; kof, MD; coue, MD; cofe, adv., S; cofer, comp., S.—AS. cáf; cp. Icel. á-kafr, vehement.

[ Coffes], sb. pl. cuffs, P; see [Cuffe].

[ Cofin], sb. basket, MD; coffyn, W2; cofyne, paste, crust of a pie, MD; coffyns, pl., baskets, S2; cofyns, W; cofynes, W.—OF. cofin; Lat. cophinus (Vulg.); Gr. κόφινος (NT).

[ Cofre], sb. box, coffer, MD, C2, C3, P; cofer, S2; cofres, pl., S2.—AF. cofre; Lat. cophinum (acc.); see Brachet.

[ Cofren], v. to put into a coffer, S3.

[ Cog], sb. cog, tooth on the rim of a wheel, MD; kog, Voc.; cogge, dat., S.

[ Cognisaunce], sb. knowledge, MD; cognizance, that by which something is known, Sh.; conisantes, pl., badges, S3.—AF. conisaunce, knowledge, OF. cognoissance, from cognoissant, pr. p. of cognoistre; Lat. cognoscere.