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▪ I. † cofe Sc. Obs.
Also 6 coif, coff(e.
[Related to coff v. to buy; but the mode of formation is uncertain, as is also the relation of senses 1 and 2; they may be distinct derivatives. Cf. Du. koop, MHG. kouf ‘dealing, bargain, trade’; also OHG. choufo ‘dealer, merchant’.]
1. A bargain.
1471Act. Audit. 12 (Jam.) The cofe made betuix her & vmquhile Johne of Brakenerig. 1480Act. Dom. Conc. 70 (Jam.) Be resone of cofe & change made betuix the said Margret and Marioun her dochtir.
2. A hawker or pedlar.
a1555Lyndesay Peder Coffeis 10 Ane scroppit cofe..to by hennis reid-wod he rynnis. Ibid. 17 Ane swyngeor coife amangis the wyvis. Ibid. 33 Knaifatic coff misknawis him sell Quhen he gettis in a furrit goun. 15..Aberd. Reg. (Jam.) Mispersoning the merchandis in calling of thaim coffeis.
3. = cove, q.v.
▪ II. † cofe, cove, cof, adv. Obs.
[OE. cáfe, f. cáf adj.: see cof.]
Quickly, sharply, eagerly, promptly; soon.
a1000Cynewulf Elene (Gr.) 56 Mæᵹen samnode cafe to cease. a1175Cott. Hom. 231 Icome sum cofer sum later. a1250Owl & Night. 379 He hupþ and start swiþe cove, And secheþ paþes to þe grove. c1320Sir Beues 1825 Now ich wolde ȝeue hit kof For a schiuer of a lof! Ibid. 1961 To þe patriark a wente cof, & al his lif he him schrof. 1340–70Alex. & Dind. 42 Al so cof as þe king kende þe sawe. |