† chokeringn.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: choke v., chuck v.1, -er suffix5, -ing suffix1.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps (i) (if the sense ‘choking’ is accepted) < choke v. (although this is first attested later) + -er suffix5 + -ing suffix1; compare English regional (Yorkshire) chokkered (adjective) obstructed, choked up (19th cent.). Or perhaps (ii) (if the sense ‘clucking, cackling’ is accepted) < chuck v.1 (although this is first attested later) + -er suffix5 + -ing suffix1; perhaps compare later chokeling v.The sense of cokering (in the variant reading in quot. c1275) is also unclear, perhaps ‘clucking, cackling’ (hence < the same imitative base as cock v.3 + -er suffix5 + -ing suffix1; compare cockle to cluck like a hen (19th cent. or earlier), northern and Scots variant of cackle v.1).
Obsolete.
c1275 (?c1250) (Calig.) (1935) l. 504 Ne miȝtu leng a word iqueþe, Ac pipest al so doþ amose Mid chokeringe [a1300 Jesus Oxf. cokeringe] mid steune hose.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019).