† cofadj.

Forms: Old English–Middle English cáf, kaf, Middle English kof.

Etymology: Old English cáf < Old Germanic type *kaifo-; < root *kῑf, kaif, whence Old Norse kîfa, German keifen, Dutch kijven, to strive keenly. The meaning of Old English cáf was largely that of Latin acer, alacer.

Obsolete.

Quick, nimble, prompt; eager, keen, bold; fierce, pugnacious.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adjective]

ferlyc893

cofc1000

swiftc1000

smarta1325

suddenc1390

undelayed1439

wightlaykec1450

short1480

present1489

indelayed1523

on or upon a (or the) sudden1558

immediate1569

instant1598

momentaneous1657

abrupt1725

presto1767

summary1771

momentary1799

pistolgraph1859

fast1863

the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adjective] > eager

yevereOE

frecka1000

cofc1000

fousOE

sharpc1000

anguishous?c1225

eager?a1300

hardya1387

hetera1400

yeverousa1400

belivea1450

forthward1488

yapc1500

ertand1508

tite?a1540

high1649

fell1667

forwardeda1674

agog1683

enthusiastic1777

empressé1878

rearing1904

press-on1948

the mind > emotion > courage > valour > valour or stoutness > [adjective] > keen, eager, or active

cofc1000

throc1330

c1000 Ælfric De Veteri et de Novo Test. (Gr.) 16/39 Swiðe glæd on mode and on anginne caf.

c1000 B. Thorpe tr. Ælfric Homilies II. 44 (Bosw.) Ðæt hi sceoldon beon cafe to Godes willan.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 19962 Godess dom..to kiþenn forþ. Biforenn kafe. & kene.

c1220 Bestiary 151 If he [the neddre] cloðed man se, cof he waxeð.

c1220 Bestiary 220 On ðe cloðede ðe neddre is cof.

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 29 Þe luðere coue deouel [c1230 Corpus þe caue deouel].

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 66 Þat herd Harald, fulle kene he was & kof [rhyme drof].

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 624 He hyȝed to Saré Comaunded hir to be cof & quyk.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	cof
释义	† cofadj. Forms: Old English–Middle English cáf, kaf, Middle English kof. Etymology: Old English cáf < Old Germanic type kaifo-; < root kῑf, kaif, whence Old Norse kîfa, German keifen, Dutch kijven, to strive keenly. The meaning of Old English cáf was largely that of Latin acer, alacer. Obsolete. Quick, nimble, prompt; eager, keen, bold; fierce, pugnacious. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adjective] ferlyc893 cofc1000 swiftc1000 smarta1325 suddenc1390 undelayed1439 wightlaykec1450 short1480 present1489 indelayed1523 on or upon a (or the) sudden1558 immediate1569 instant1598 momentaneous1657 abrupt1725 presto1767 summary1771 momentary1799 pistolgraph1859 fast1863 the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adjective] > eager yevereOE frecka1000 cofc1000 fousOE sharpc1000 anguishous?c1225 eager?a1300 hardya1387 hetera1400 yeverousa1400 belivea1450 forthward1488 yapc1500 ertand1508 tite?a1540 high1649 fell1667 forwardeda1674 agog1683 enthusiastic1777 empressé1878 rearing1904 press-on1948 the mind > emotion > courage > valour > valour or stoutness > [adjective] > keen, eager, or active cofc1000 throc1330 c1000 Ælfric De Veteri et de Novo Test. (Gr.) 16/39 Swiðe glæd on mode and on anginne caf. c1000 B. Thorpe tr. Ælfric Homilies II. 44 (Bosw.) Ðæt hi sceoldon beon cafe to Godes willan. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 19962 Godess dom..to kiþenn forþ. Biforenn kafe. & kene. c1220 Bestiary 151 If he [the neddre] cloðed man se, cof he waxeð. c1220 Bestiary 220 On ðe cloðede ðe neddre is cof. a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 29 Þe luðere coue deouel [c1230 Corpus þe caue deouel]. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 66 Þat herd Harald, fulle kene he was & kof [rhyme drof]. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 624 He hyȝed to Saré Comaunded hir to be cof & quyk. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). > see also also refers to : † cofecovecofadv. < adj.c1000 see also
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