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• couthe — v. a. == make known. O. and N. 90. pret. ‘ykud.’ RG. 57. AS. cýðan …   Oldest English Words

• Rethor — Reth or, n. [Cf. F. rh[ e]teur. See {Rhetor}.] A rhetorician; a careful writer. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] If a rethor couthe fair endite. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• could — verbal auxiliary, past of can Etymology: Middle English couthe, coude, from Old English cūthe; akin to Old High German konda could Date: 13th century used in auxiliary function in the past < we found we could go >, in the past conditional < we… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• Sir Perceval of Galles — (ca. 1300–1340)    Sir Perceval of Galles is an early 14th century MIDDLE ENGLISH ROMANCE composed in the northern dialect. The protagonist, young Perceval, is raised in the forest by his mother, and then later enters Arthurian society in search… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

• could — [16] Could began life as cūthe, the past tense of Old English cunnan ‘can’. By Middle English times this had become couthe, and in the 14th century it developed to coude under the influence of the standard past tense ending (e)de. The l was… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• con — I. , v. a. == know. pret. ‘couthe.’ RG. 559; ‘kuthe.’ O. and N. 663; part. ‘cud.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 27. II. , v. a. == acknowledge, [kan]. HD. 160. ‘to kan thank’ …   Oldest English Words