Re: Shibboletisation

He axed for meat, did he? I'm glad he didn't axe me!

Did this verb really sound like this in Caxton's days? Mishearing/misspelling "ks2" for "sk" sounds more probable, to me, than an original "ks" developing into "sk".

"And one of theym named sheffelde, a mercer, cam in to an hows and axed for mete: and specyally he axyd after eggys:"

And what's "atte forlond" in modern English? Could "atte" be the preposition "at"? ("They tarried at Forlond"?)

Hakan