Middle English "quek"

Joanne M. Despres jdespres at MERRIAM-WEBSTER.COM
Wed Mar 9 20:43:19 UTC 2005


Okay, here's the cite:

The goos, the cokkow, and the doke also
So cryede, "Kek kek! Kokkow! quek quek!" hye,
That thourgh myne eres the noyse wente tho.

Parliament of Fowls 498-500

Hm, looks like we missed it, too -- our date for "quack" is 1798.

Joanne



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