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† motewoke, a. Obs.—0 Forms: see quot. [f. *mōt (? Scandinavian: cf. MSw. māt, māta, mod.Sw. mått measure, Icel. mát moderation) + wōk:—OE. wác soft: see weak a.] Moderately soft.
c1440Promp. Parv. 345/1 Mothe woke, neyder to nesche, ne to harde (H. moothewyc, or mothwoc, neþer to neysch, ne to hard, S. motewoke, P. mothwyc, or mothwoc), dimollis. Ibid. 430/2 Rere, or motewoke (S. mothewoke). |