Middle English Dictionary Entry
gīlǒur n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gīlǒur n. Also giler, gilar, gillor, guilour, giuler. |
| Etymology | OF guilëor |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A deceiver, beguiler; betrayer, traitor; defrauder; (b) the Devil; fals ~; (c) one who is scornful, a mocker, scoffer; (d) ?as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)26/13 : Þe Apostles ne lefden it nouȝt þat ore louerd him to heom sende, Ake wenden þat he a gylur [Corp-C: gilour] were.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)879 : Deþ is gilour swiþe strong And gileþ many on.
- c1390 Disp.Virg.& Cross (Vrn)245 : Whi weore gylours so gredi ffor to defoule my faire childe?
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.4321 : A gylour shal hym self bigiled be.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.2015 : That sche hir swevene telle mai To this guilour in privete.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.116 : Neuer mot þou fynde Inglis kyng giloure.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)2.85 : God grauntide to gyue mede to treuþe, And þou hast gyuen hire to a gilour.
- a1425(?a1350) 7 Sages(2) (Glb E.9)4280 : Þou haues bene a fals gilowre And with þi treson done me tene.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)65a/a : Tergiuersator: a gylour.
- c1425 Treat.10 Com.(StJ-O 94)31 : Agaynes þis commaundement doos al fals recordurs, gylurus, glosers.
- a1450(a1449) Lydg.WTongue (Hnt EL 26.A.13)74 : Who go stille, men..Seyn that he is a spie or a gylour.
- c1450 Whanne marye was greet (Lamb 853)101 : Neewe gilours wolde waite us schame.
- a1475 Fulfyllyd ys (Hrl 5396)p.235 : No man may knowe hys f[r]end fro foo; Now gyllorys don gode men gye.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.131 : Þan waite..With gyuleris [?read: guyleris], joyfull of here gery jaces.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)7.16 : Ilk a gyloure is first hurte in his saule, than he may noy any man in his katell.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.73 : A mysdoere and a gyloure of the folke is he.
b
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)21.164,166 : Ryght as þe gylour þorw gyle by-gylede man formest So shal grace..make a good ende And by-gyle þe gylour.
- c1400 Wycl.DSins (Bod 647)127 : Þis fals gylor fayles in iche resoun þat he makes to mon.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)139/713 : The fals gyler of teyn now goys he begylde.
c
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Prov.3.32 : Abhomynacioun of the Lord is eche gilour [L illusor; WB(2): disseyuer].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Is.28.14 : Hereth the wrd of the Lord, ȝee men gileris [L illusores; WB(2): scorneris] that lordshipen vp on my puple.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)2 Pet.3.3 : Þer schuleþ comen men in þe laste dayes in deceyt gylours [L illusores; WB(1): illusours or scorners or deceyuours].
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)480 : In the laste tymes þer schulen come gilouris [L illusores], wandring after her owne desiris, not in pitee.
d
- (1217) Pat.R.Hen.III55 : Thomas le Gilur.
- (1230) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.4130 : Odo le Gylur.
- (1255) Close R.Hen.III191 : Robertus Gyler.
- (1287) Leet R.Norwich in Seld.Soc.59 : Johannes Gilur.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1475 WBk.Phil.& Astron.(Sln 1315)59/31 : Whoso ys bore vnder Mars, he ys good in batell ayenste oþer kyngis and traytorus and gylars.
Note: New spelling (added to forms); belongs to sense (a).