ETYMOLOGY
from Anglo-Norman and Middle French acoler, acoller, Middle French accoler (to throw the arms round the neck of, to embrace),
from a (a-) + col (neck)
EXAMPLE
“…Þen acoles he þe knyȝt and kysses hym þryes,
As sauerly and sadly as he hem sette couþe…”
From: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
By Anonymous, c1400
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