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▪ I. † yeke, n. Obs.
Forms: 1 ᵹeac, ᵹaec, ᵹec, iac, iec, 4–5 ȝeke, yeke.
[OE. ᵹéac cuckoo = MLG. gôk simpleton, MDu. gooc, OHG., MHG. gouh, gouch cuckoo, bastard, fool, (G. gauch provincial name of cuckoo, etc., simpleton, gawk), ON. gaukr cuckoo (whence Sc. gowk); perhaps f. gau- as in *gaujan (see yeie v.).]
The cuckoo. Also in comb. (with gen.) † yekesterse [tarse1] = cuckoo-pint.
With OE. ᵹéaces súre ‘cuckoo's sorrel’ cf. ME. goukesures glossing Alleluia in MS. Rawl. C. 607 lf. 1 b.
c725Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) A 131 Accitulium, ᵹęces sure [Epinal ᵹeacaes; Erfurt ᵹ ecaes]. Ibid. C 121 Calciculium, ieces surae [Erfurt iaces sura]. Ibid. G 87 Geumatrix, ᵹeac. a1000Guthlac 716 Ᵹeacas ᵹear budon. a1387Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.) 24 Iarus, barba aaron, pes vituli,..i. ȝekesterse. 14..MS. Porkington lf. 59 (Halliw.) Whene the ȝeke gynnys to synge, Thenne the schrewe begynnys to sprynge. 14..MS. Rawl. C. 506, lf. 249 b, Iarus aaron, ȝeksters, gauk pyntill.
▪ II. yeke (ȝeke)
obs. f. eke v., adv., itch n., v.1 |