Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǧibelet n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ǧibelet n. Also gibilet, gebellet, begillot & giblet, giblot. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The edible entrails of a fowl, giblets; also, a giblet; (b) a gratuitous addition; pl. odds and ends; (c) ?error for gigelot.
Associated quotations
a
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)193 : Gybelet [Win: Gyblote], idem quod Garbage. Gybelet [Win: Gyblet] of fowlys: Profectum.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)54a : Gebelletes [Monson: a Gebyllott]: porfectum.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)54b : A Gyblett [Monson: a Giblott]: profectum.
- a1500 Hrl.1002 Gloss.(Hrl 1002)627 : Exta: a gibelet.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.403 : Þey putteþ non giblettes [L appendicia] to þe houres of Goddes service, outake Placebo and Dirige for þe dede.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)4270 : A messe ys ynogh for þe; Þe touþer gyblot [F gybelot] late hyt be.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)146/29 : If..þe foorme of þe x comaundementis is sufficient doctryne for alle goddis comaundementis..whi hangen þei aboute þe same foorme of x comaundementis suche lose gibilettis as ben þe teching of vij deedli synnes, [etc.]?
c
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)193 : Gybelot [Win: Gyglot]: Ridax.