Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǧaioler n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ǧaioler n. Also -ir, -or, gaoler, gaoeler, gaiholer, gailer, -our, -or, -ur, geilere & jaioler, jailer, -ier, -our, -or, -ar, jailard, javeler, joulour & chailer. |
| Etymology | OF jaiolier, gäolier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A jail keeper, jailer; also fig.; gaioleres man, a jailer's servant or assistant; (b) as surname; ~ man.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Kath.(LdMisc 108)204 : He let nime alle þe gayholers [Hrl: his gailers] and tormenti heom ful sore.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)1652 : A wente quik out of prisoun Be þe rop þe gailer com adoun.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)6176 : Maister iaioler he doþ him make.
- (?c1375-a1390) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3615 : The gayler shette the dores of the tour.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1183 : Þe Amyral..clepede ys iayler.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1470 : For he had yeue his gailler drynke so Of a clarree maad of a certeyn wyn.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)3.133 : Heo ȝeueþ þe Iayler [vrr. gaileris, gaylours, iauelers] Gold.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4434 : Son was ioseph halden dere Wit þe maister jailere [vrr. iailer, iaolere].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)17319 : Þair Iailers [Göt: iaioleris; Ld: Iaylars]..bad þam do him..in prisun state.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)2026 : This gayler cometh, and with hym Theseus.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)112/8 : Þan he comawndyd þe jaylerys man to ledyn hir to preson.
- (c1438) *Proc.Chanc.PRO ser.C 1 file 9no.302 : John Leventhorp late porter and jayllere of the Castell of York.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)256 : Iaylere, or gayler [Win: gaylore]: Ergaster, carcerarius.
- (1444) RParl.5.110a : For..the Jayler, if the prisoner be committed to his ward, iiii d.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)9279 : The Iayler [vr. Iaylour] she byddyth bryng the key.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)2923 : Þe Jaylardes folowedone þis theff fulle fast.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)845 : The iayler [vrr. jauelere, gaylour, joulour] sayde..'Ȝoure sone com..To þe prisoundore.'
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)5049 : Þe Jauelers supposyng had nane Þat he wald away gane.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)84/28 : A dore was mad beside..not for þe maydenes to go owt, but for him to entyr on-to hem for goostly coumfort..eke of þat dore was he gayler him-self; no man bare þat keye but he.
- (1460) Paston (Gairdner)3.241 : The false chayler that kepeth me entretethe me worse thanne it weere a dogge.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)5852 : He gaue hym the keyes there And made hym hys geylere.
- a1500 RHood & M.(Cmb Ff.5.48)st.73 : The scheref fond þe jaylier ded.
b
- (1163) in Pipe R.Soc.671 : Radulfus Gaoler.
- (1234) Pat.R.Hen.III49 : William Gaoler.
- (1268) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)1.572 : Stephen le Gayolir.
- (1269) Close R.Hen.III46-7 : Eva..uxor Laurencii le Gaioler.
- (1279) Hundred R.Tower 2326 : Johannes le Gaylur.
- (1316) Pat.R.Edw.II452 : John le Jaoler.
- (1330) Pat.R.Edw.III58 : Robert Gaiolorman.
- (1357) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms146 : Rog. Gaoeler.
- (1357) Reg.Edw.Blk.Pr.2.109 : William Gailler.
- (1382) in Thuresson ME Occup.Terms146 : Rog. Gailer.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 GRom.(Glo 22)739/10 : Whan þe Ioylar of þe prison wyste þat he was gon, He blewe with on horne thryes after hym.
Note: New spelling
Note: (a)