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† ˈcotlif Obs.
[OE. cot-líf neut., f. cot cot n.1 + líf life, living, dwelling: cf. mynster-líf monastery.]
A cot-house, a cottage; or (as some think) a village.
1001O.E. Chron., Hy..forbærndon ðone ham æt Wealtham and oðra cotlifa fela. a1200Charter (attrib. to Edw. Conf.) in Cod. Dipl. IV. 204 Ic ann ðat sainte Petre and ða ȝebroðran habban ðat cotlif Euereslea. c1250Prov. Alfred 259 in O.E. Misc. 118 Wo is him þat vuel wif bryngeþ to his cotlyf. |