Middle English Dictionary Entry
gām(e)ful adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | gām(e)ful adj. |
| Etymology | From gāme . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Glad, joyous; playful, humorous; sportive.
Associated quotations
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)21430 : Þa loh Arður..and þus ȝeddien agon mid gomenfulle worden.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)24/30 : Ich am gomeful & glead, lauerd, for þi godlec.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)294a/b : Wyse and witty kynde makeþ to vs gameful þynges [L Ludibria] and wonderful to schewe his might.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)35a/b : Jocosus: gamful.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)38b/b : Ludibundus: gamful.
- a1475 Rev.St.Bridget (Gar 145)111/6 : My lippes..werne redy to wordes of pride, vayne, gameful, and vnhonest.