wowke

Middle English

Noun

wowke

Alternative form of weke (“week”)
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Frankeleyns Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], OCLC 230972125; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, OCLC 932884868:
  And in swich forme enduren a wowke or two.
  (please add an English translation of this quote)
  
  Thanne were my brother warisshed of his wo.
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knyghtes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], OCLC 230972125; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, OCLC 932884868:
  Is gereful, right so chaungeth she array.
  (please add an English translation of this quote)
  
  Selde is the Friday al the wowke ylike.

References

wowke in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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