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cucu (c.1165)
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cucu (c.1165)

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cuccu,  cocku,  coccowe;  cokkow;  coucu;  cuckow;  kuku  (cucuze)  
  FEW:  cuculus 2/ii,1454a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  coucou 9,214b TL: cocu 1  DEAF:  cocu 1  DMF:  coucou  TLF:  coucou  OED:  cuckoo n.  MED:  cokkou n.  DMLBS:  cuculus 527c

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1orn.zool.cuckoo: 
( c.1165; MS: s.xiii2 )  Tuz esteient esbai quant del cuccu oient le cri  MARIE Fables 198.8
( MS: c.1250 )  De avibus: [...] Hic cuculus: cucu  TLL i 419
2 name (used as a surname): 
( 1195 )  Warin Kuku  Family Names Cuckow
( 1195 )  Gilbert Cuccu  Family Names Cuckow
pain (de) cucu
bot.wood sorrel, wood sour: 
( MS: s.xiiex )  Panis kukuli: gall. payn kuku, angl. wodesure  Triling Gloss 291.23
( MS: c.1300 )  Alleluia: (A1) gallice payne cucu, anglice yekesmete .i. wodesour  Plant Names 16
( MS: c.1300 )  panis cuculi idem, g[allice] payne cucu  Bot Gloss 109.26
( MS: s.xv1/4 )  Alleluia: (C1) anglicewodesowre, gallice pains cucuze (var. (C5: s.xv2) gallice payn de coccowe vel surel dé boys; (C6: s.xv2) gallice payn de cockeyl vel sorel dé boys, anglice wodesowre)  Plant Names 4

See also:

cucuault  cucuel  cucukesmete 
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