doughter

Middle English

Noun

doughter

  1. alternative form of doghter
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Clerk's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 442-444:
      Nat longe tyme after that this Grisild
      Was wedded, she a doughter hath y-bore,
      Al had hir lever have born a knave child.
      Not long time after this Griselda
      Was married, she has borne a daughter,
      Although she would rather have given birth to a male child.
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