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videcocke (c.1180)
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videcocke (c.1180)

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videcoc,  vidicok;  whodekoce,  whodekoke;  widcoke,  widecoc,  widecoke,  widekoc,  widekok,  widkoc,  widkok,  witecoc,  witecok,  witekok;  wodcok,  wodecok,  wodecoke,  wodekoc;  wydekok, 
(pl. vis de cogs  bibb MS (O) 340ra,  whodekokes  YBB 30-1 Ed I 135)  

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orn.woodcock: 
( c.1180; MS: s.xiii2 ) [...] si ad uré ke li vileins Eust tel bek [...], Lung cum li witecocs aveit  MARIE Fables 232.20
( c.1290; MS: s.xivin ) En chaumbre e en place meint Sont li widekok (M.E. þe wodecokes) depeint Que plusours dyent ascye; Mais droit fraunczois n'est il mye, Ainz sont witekok propremen  bibb MS (C) 10va
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm ) [...] pur alouhe ou wodecoke ou pur tiel autre bieste volant  BOZ Cont 73
( 1320 ) Le meillur cigne soit vendu pur .iij. soulz [...] Le bon widecoke pur .j. denier  Lib Cust 304-05
( 1415; MS: s.xv1/4 )  cockes du boys ou videcockez  Man lang ANTS 73.27
( MS: s.xv1 ) toute manere de polaile que nous avons en estore, des owes, gelyns [...] aves ferines, owes rosers, blaretz, wodcok, vanelx, musenges  Lett & Pet 407.341.28
( MS: s.xvm )  un vidicok, anglice a wodecok  Fr Voc 94.312
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