Middle English Dictionary Entry
gloi n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gloi n. Also gloit. |
| Etymology | MDu. gloy & OF glui; ?ult. Celtic. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Straw, thatching.
Associated quotations
- (1284) in Salzman Building in Engl.225 : [For thatching part of a house with] gloy..[For 1400 of] gloye [For thatching the bakehouse and brewhouse, 7 s.].
- (c1290) R.Swinfield in Camd.59121 : Item, in stramine vocato Gloyt, xiiij d.
- (1336) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100533 : In factura Nattorum de Gloy pro Refectorio, 2 s. 6 d.
- (1365) in Salzman Building in Engl.225 : [50 sheaves of stubble bought for 9 d., and a hundred of] gloit [for 3 s.].
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)55b : Gloy: spicamentum.