First recorded instance of the “F” word in English…?

Perhaps…

http://io9.com/heres-the-first-recorded-instance-of-the-f-word-in-eng-1519247071

If you click on the link, you’ll discover the word (in this case “fuckin”) was written by a monk in this particular book in 1548, though the context of the statement is in question.

For whatever reason, I find the above simply amazing.  It’s fascinating to look at how far back certain phrases/words go, and how the permutations in their meaning changed or, in the case above, apparently didn’t.