Obs. [OE. cot-líf neut., f. cot COT sb.1 + líf life, living, dwelling: cf. mynster-líf monastery.] A cot-house, a cottage; or (as some think) a village.
1001. O. E. Chron. Hy … forbærndon ðone ham æt Wealtham and oðra cotlifa fela.
a. 1200[?]. Charter (attrib. to Edw. Conf.), in Cod. Dipl., IV. 204. Ic ann ðat sainte Petre and ða ʓebroðran habban ðat cotlif Euereslea.
c. 1250. Prov. Ælfred, 259, in O. E. Misc., 118. Wo is him þat vuel wif bryngeþ to his cotlyf.
