Middle English Dictionary Entry
glǒbbe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | glǒbbe n. Also glob, glub(be. |
| Etymology | L globus (both of the meanings 'compact mass' and 'assembage of people' are attached to the Latin word.) |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. globe n., which should perhaps be regarded as the same word.
1.
(a) A large mass; (b) a stupid person, a lump, a clod.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Josh.3.13 : Þe waters þat been neþermore sholyn rennyn & faylyn; þo forsoþe þat comyn from aboue sholyn stonde to gedere in o globbe [vr. glob; WB(2): gobet; L mole].
b
- a1500 Lydg.CB Interpol.(Hrl 2407)55 : Adew now globbe with herte sore; in cherles clowchys com y neuer more.
2.
A company or multitude of persons.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 370)4 Kings 9.17 : Thanne the wayte..see the glub [WB(2): multitude; L globum] of Hieu commynge, and seith, I see a glub.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Num.16.11 : Al thi glubbe [WB(2): gaderyng togidere; L globus] stoonde aȝens the Lord.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Judg.9.47 : Abymalech, herynge the men of the tour of Sichemys togidre gedred in o glob [L conglobatus], or company, stiede vp into the hil of Selmon with al his puple.