Middle English Dictionary Entry
gilt n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | gilt n.(2) Also gelt. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI gyltr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A sow; esp. a young sow; ~ grece.
Associated quotations
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)731 : Sengler, troie et suel; Bor, sowe and gilte.
- (1359) Doc.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12p.xxxiv : Item..ij hogges j anni, ij giltys j anni, tres hoggettes dimidii anni, j gilt dimidii anni, xij porcelli.
- (1360) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.lii : In porcaria unus aper, iiij sues, ij giltes, xvj hoggetti annales, xxj porcelli.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)669/36 : Hic frendis: galt; Hic neufrendis: gylt.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)194 : Gylte, swyne, idem quod galte, supra.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)77/14 : Tak vnto þe man þe galle of þe galte, and to þe woman þe galle of þe gilt.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)p.169 : Medle hem wyþ gylte grece.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)55a : A Gylt: suella.
- a1500 Hrl.1002 Gloss.(Hrl 1002)624 : Sow, gelte, sowpyg: sus, scropha, suilla.
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)90/11 : Take the galle of a borwswyne and for a womman of a gilte.