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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Cukkald, Couk(c)ald, n. Also: cukcald, kuckald, kukald, coulkald, cucold. [Northern ME. cuke-, cwkwalde, midl. and southern cokewolde (later cuckolde, etc.), early ME. cukeweld, OF. *cucuald.] A cuckold. a1500 Seven S. 1972.
The hale proces scho him tald How he him has maid cukkald c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 76.
Cukcald, cradoun, cowart, and commoun theif Id. Tua Mar. W. 380.
I him miskennyt, … & cukkald him maid Id. lii. 17.
The wyff that wald him kuckald mak a1568 Flemyng Bann. MS. 160 b/46.
Of that sort I knaw nane vder Bot owthir a kukald or his bruder 1600 Hamilton Facile Tr. 441.
Efter he [the Devil] had abusit hir lang tyme … making him [Durie] a coulkald Ib. 445.
The devil maid the minister a coukaldattrib. a1568 Bann. MS. 139 b/1.
Fals clatterand kensy, kukald knaif 1568 Sat. P. xlvi. 35.
Na coukcald karle nor carllingis pet 1645 Kinghorn Kirk S. 48.
He had called him … cucold Willie, … cucold lowne, face to a pudden