ȝok

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ġeoc, from Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jɔk/, /jɔːk/

Noun

ȝok (plural ȝokkes)

  1. A yoke (tool for attaching beasts of burden to a farm instrument).
  2. A group of beasts of burden yoked at a yoke.
  3. The agreement and union of marriage.
  4. Compliance; the imposition of constraints, especially from one's own will.
  5. Cruelty or subjection to cruelty.
  6. Something that looks like a yoke.
  7. (rare) A challenge, burden or load.

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