† cotlifn.
Obsolete.
A cot-house, a cottage; or (as some think) a village.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > village > [noun]
cotlif1001
rewa1350
villagec1386
grange1530
dorp1582
villa1700
maenor1841
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > small house > small ( and humble) house
cotc893
cotlif1001
cotea1034
cratchc1325
shiel1338
cottagec1405
cot-housec1550
cell1577
shiel-house1804
1001 Anglo-Saxon Chron. Hy..forbærndon ðone ham æt Wealtham and oðra cotlifa fela.
?a1200 Charter (attrib. to Edw. Conf.) in Cod. Dipl. IV. 204 Ic ann ðat sainte Petre and ða ȝebroðran habban ðat cotlif Euereslea.
c1250 Prov. Alfred 259 in Old Eng. Misc. 118 Wo is him þat vuel wif bryngeþ to his cotlyf.
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