Middle English Dictionary Entry
glettǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | glettǒus adj. Also glettis & (errors) glecous, glettons. |
| Etymology | OF gletos |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Viscous; of humors: phlegmatic; (b) of a hawk: affected with a congestion of phlegm.
Associated quotations
a
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)45a : Mostarde ys dry and hote and drawiþ oute glecous [read: gletous; L viscosos] humourys.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)57a : Pulyoll..The poudyr ther of and hony to-geder yvsid doþe gode for the breste and maketh caste oute glettis [L viscosos] humouris.
b
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking (Hrl 2340:Halliwell)301 : For sekenesse of swellyng..The hawke wol be egre and glettons [read: glettous], and on the seke side lennor where the sikenes light.