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† vecke Obs.
Also 5 vekke, wekke.
[app. ad. It. vecchia, fem. of vecchio old.]
An old woman.
As direct adoption from Italian would be remarkable in the 14th cent., it is possible that the word existed in OF. colloquial use.
1390Gower Conf. I. 98 This olde wyht him hath awaited..: Florent his wofull heved uplefte And syh this vecke wher sche sat. c1400Rom. Rose 4495 A rympled vekke, ferre ronne in age, Frownyng and yelowe in hir visage. 1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy i. 2795 Sche cleped anoon vn-to hir presence An aged vekke, fer in ȝeris ronne. 1426― De Guil. Pilgr. 12752 An olde wekke a-noon I mette. 1430–40― Bochas i. xx. (1554) 36 b, Whan these veckes, ferre yronne in age, Within them selfe hath vaine glory and delite For to farce and poppe their visage. |