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† cof, a. Obs.
1–2 cáf, kaf, 4 kof.
[OE. cáf:—OTeut. type *kaifo-; f. root *kī̆f, kaif, whence ON. kîfa, Ger. keifen, Du. kijven, to strive keenly. The meaning of OE. cáf was largely that of L. acer, alacer.]
Quick, nimble, prompt; eager, keen, bold; fierce, pugnacious.
c1000ælfric On N. Test. 16/39 (Gr.) Swiðe glæd on mode and on anᵹinne caf. c1000Thorpe Hom. II. 44 (Bosw.) Ðæt hi sceoldon beon cafe to Godes willan. c1200Ormin 19962 Godess dom..to kiþenn forþ Biforenn kafe & kene. c1220Bestiary 151 If he [the neddre] cloðed man se, cof he waxeð. Ibid. 220 On ðe cloðede ðe neddre is cof. a1225Ancr. R. 66 Þe luðere coue deouel. c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 624 He hyȝed to Saré Comaunded hir to be cof & quyk. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 66 Þat herd Harald, fulle kene he was & kof [rime drof]. |