Cokewold

Coke´wold


n.1.Cuckold.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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For her husband, Alisoun's proper place is the house since he can control her and prevent her from betraying him: "Jalous he was, and heeld hire narwe in cage/For she was wylde and yong, and he was old/And demed himself been lik a cokewold" (I 3224-6).
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