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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Coosted], pt. pl. went past, S3; see [Costey].

[ Coostez], sb. pl. properties, qualities, S2; see [Cost].

Coote; see [Cote].

[ Cop], sb. top, head, MD, S2, C, W, W2; coppe, dat., MD, W2; coppis, pl., W2.

[ Cope], sb. cape, cope, Voc., S2, C; kope, S; coope, Prompt., MD; copis, pl., P.—Cp. Icel. kápa; Late Lat. cāpa, cappa.

[ Copen], v. to cover with a cope, provide with a cope, PP, S2; i-copet, pp., S2.

[ Copen], v. to barter, to meet, to have to do with, to encounter, S3, Sh.—Cp. Du. koopen, to buy.

[ Coper], sb. copper, C3, MD; copyr, Voc., Prompt.; copper, MD.—Du. koper; Late Lat. cuper, cuprum, for Lat. cyprium (aes); from Cyprus; Gr. Κύπρος.

[ Coppe], sb. cup, S2, P; see [Cuppe].

[ Corage], sb. heart, spirit, MD, C, C2.—AF. corage.