Middle English Dictionary Entry
Gaitele n.
Entry Info
Forms | Gaitele n. |
Etymology | ML, from OIr. Goídil. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A Gael, an Irishman.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.345 : Þei were i-cleped also Gaitels [Higd.(2): Gaiteles; L Gaytheli; vrr. Gaiteli, Gaitili] and Scottes of oon Gaithleus, þat was Phenius his neuew.