Middle English Dictionary Entry
gobet n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gobet n. Also cobet, gobat(e, gobbot, gobed; (errors) bobet, gebot. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A fragment; a bit of flesh, a splinter of bone, a broken lump of sugar, a piece cut or torn from a garment or a cloth; breken (hakken, smiten) to gobettes, heuen (kitten) in gobettes; (b) fig.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330 Assump.Virg.(2) (Auch)599 : Þe gerdel of hire middel smal, Nowt a gobet þerof, but al, ȝhe let falle to grounde.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)614 : Olyuer..smot him on þe helm an heȝ, & a gobet away a bar.
- 1381 Pegge Cook.Recipes (Dc 257)p.93 : Haris in Talbotays. Schul be hewe in gobbettys and sodyn with al the blod.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.14.20 : Thei token the relifis of broken gobetis [L fragmentorum] twelue cofyns ful.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.41 : Hire moder..hakked hym al to gobettes [Lfrustatim; Higd.(2): in to peaces].
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.399 : Þerof was nevere i-founde gobet noþer cromme [L minutæ].
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.9 : His herte was i-hakked to smal gobettes, and in everiche gobette [L parte] was i-founde Cristes name.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.696 : He seyde he hadde a gobet of the seyl That Seint Peter hadde.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)220b/b : Þe newe is best, þat is..hool and nought ybroke in gobettes and peces [L in fragmenta].
- a1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)85 : Alle yn smale gobettes he hyt kytte.
- (1418) Grocer Lond.in Bk.Lond.E.200/173-5 : Theroff [sugar] was abatyd For Gobettes, By assent..Off all þe seyd partyes, þe Cobettes þat weyden ijc v lb., For þe wyche Gobettes þey schold paye xj d. For þe lb.
- a1425 Trev.Higd.(Hrl 1900)4.155 : Gobettis [StJ-C: gobouns of chayers, of formes, and of stooles].
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)57b/a : I haue wrouȝt in þornes..in stones and in glasses and in gobettes of bones.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)59a/a : Þay ben made of wel clensed towhe or of gobettes of þe forsaide cloþe.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.2479 : Gobetis of flessh, which foulis dede arace Fro dede bodies..Fill from ther clees vpon Iulius face.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)201 : Gobet, of a thynge kutte: Scissura. Gobet, of a broke thynge: Fragmen, fragmentum.
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.200v : When hit thawed, so grete gobettes of ice cam vnto the brugges that hit al tobrac hem.
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.200r : Suche a stroke [of lightning] cam doune that hit .. all tobrast a grete bem and sparkeled the gobettes all aboute the churche.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)p.18 : Take þe hennys..and smyte hem to gobettys.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)2657 : A lady..Wolde han kotte awey a gobet of þe vylette þat vpon þat blessud virgynes hedde þat tyme lay.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)276/26 : He tuke þe vessell & brakk it all to gobettis.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking (Hrl 2340:Halliwell)306 : A yonge gose if she have it hoote is full good, and bobetts of grete elys, y-wet in hote blood of moton, for the bobyn nexte the navyl of the ele maketh the hawke after sore age.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.7 : He his fadirs body..vnherthid And made it in gobbets kitt thre hundreth.
- a1500 Tundale (Adv 19.3.1)748 : Thei smyton..the bodyes in gobedys small.
b
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)6.100 : So hope ich to haue of hym that is al-myghty A gobet of hus grace.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)181/21 : And loke þi schryfte be hole to oo preest & noȝt to manye; on gobet told to oon preest, anoþer gobet told to anoþer preest, is noȝt goodly.
2.
(a) A lump, a mass; (b) a morsel, a tidbit; also, a medicinal pellet, a poisonous pellet; ~ real, royal tidbit, a delicacy made of spices and sugar; (c) a small mass of flesh growing in a part of the body; a bunch or growth (?parasitic) on the stem of a plant.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ecclus.22.18 : Liȝtere is to bern..a gobet [L massam] of iren than an inprudent man.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Cor.5.6 : A litil sourdowȝ corrumpith..al the gobet.
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.221ra : Brend leed thus is mad: tak leed & put in a vessel on þe fyr. & tak cuttynges of wodeberd & titumale, & stire it with wodeberd & titumale & hasil til it turne into gobates þat mown be mad to pouder.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)68a/a : A gobet or a pece [L frustum] of gold or of siluer is in comperisoun to þe money, wiþ perfite coyne.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)271a/b-b/a : Þey [bees] leggeþ and setteþ a certeyn gobet of bitter sauour..And makeþ þanne anoþer gobet more swete, and þat is þe bygynnyng of wex.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Josh.3.13 : The watris that ben lowere schulen renne doun, and..the watris that comen fro aboue schulen stonde togidere in o gobet [L in una mole].
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)40a/a : Massa: a ton or a þykke pese or a gobet.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.m.5.36 : What was he that first dalf up the gobbettes or the weyghtes of gold covered undir erthe?
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)190 : Chethes, the same Kyng, had a som hoge Of grete gobbottes of gold in the ground hid.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Christina Mirab.(Dc 114)123/27 : Alle hir membrys were closed togedir on a lumpe, nor þere myghte no thinge be perceyued of hir but allonly a rownde gobet.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)116/299 : Alway stire it wele with a sklyce till þat it be all wele medlede togedir, and..when it is cold take owt the gobett owt of the licoure.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking (Hrl 2340:Halliwell)294 : Thu shalt finde the casting..som gobet woll be yelow and som grene.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)3/21 : Let hit stond in þe licour al a day, and þenne þou schalt a-se a gebot of ȝelewe at þe botme.
b
- (1358-9) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99124 : In uno Cofyne de Gobet Reall empt., 21 d.
- (1360-1) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99125 : In 2 cofynes de gobettes reale, 3 s. 2 d.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Dan.14.26 : Danyel toke picche and fatnesse and heris..and he made gobettis [L massas].
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.Barlaam (Vrn)222/515 : On þe Bowes of þe Bosk sauh he þo a gobet of hony.
- (1390-1) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5219/9 : Pro ij lb. gobete real, ij s.
- (1399-1400) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103602 : Anis comfeth et gobet ryal.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)183/11 : Medle hem togidere & make herof a gobet.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)285/4 : In þe place of þese pelottis, he schal take gobetis þat ben maad in þis maner.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.233 : Whoso loveþ better goode gobetis or lustli workes þan he loveþ dedis of Crist.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.732 : Of figis grounde and watir temprid, sclendir Gobbettis yef thy gees.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)365 : Haue þou a gobet of þe werld cawth, þou schalt funde it good & swete.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)p.54 : Betwyn euery pere, ley a gobet of Marow.
- a1475 Bk.Courtesy (Sln 1986)776 : Ȝif þe baken mete be colde..A gobet of þo self he sayes.
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)122/4 : To mak gobet Ryale.
- (?a1500) Doc.in Dugdale Monasticon 1444 : Then must sche purvey for fest butter of seynt Alburgh..to every lady and double j cobet, every disch contenyng iij cobettes.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)43b/b : Tweye holowȝ fleischly gobettes [L caruncule]..hongiþ from þe nosetrilles.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)151b/b : Mola matricis. That is a gobet [*Ch.(2): gobat] of flesh gendred in þe rote.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)245/4 : Take yposquistidos, þat ys, a gobet þat ys fownde abowte þe fote of howndis-rose.
3.
A part, segment, section; a segment of bamboo between two nodes, one of the phalanges of a finger.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.81 : Of a gobet bytwene tweie knottes [L internodium] of a rede..me makeþ a boot.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)44b/a : Þe bones þerof..ben compowned & made of many & diuers gobettis [L frustulis].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)51b/b : Þe neþir gobettis & partie [L noduli] of þe fyngres ben gretter..þanne þe ouere gobettis.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)182a/a : Þere ben so huge reedes..þat euery gobat bytwene tweye knottes bereþ some tyme þre men ouer þe watir.
4.
(a) A block of stone; (b) a piece of a set of flatware.
Associated quotations
a
- (1290) in Salzman Building in Engl.135 : [250 stones of Caen called] gobettes.
- (1320) in Salzman Building in Engl.135 : [50] gobettes [of Caen stone, and also long] gobettes [of Aylesford stone].
- (1365) in Salzman Building in Engl.135 : Petre de Came voc' gobets.
b
- (1482) Doc.Cely in ES 42 (PRO C.47/37 File 12, f.35v)p.133 : Sum be syd sponys -- xliij gobbettys.
5.
Associated quotations
- (1309) Pat.R.Edw.II246 : Peter Gobet.
- (1327) Sub.R.Som.in Som.RS 3175 : Johannes Gobet.
- (1327) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10128 : Alic Gobet.
- (1472) Bailiff R.Nhb.in Sur.Soc.13446 : Robertus Gobette.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Trin-C O.9.39 Recipes (Trin-C O.9.39) 64/16,18 : Gobettes ryal. Forto make a whijt confectioun of pot sugar and of rede roses with oþere dyuerse spices þe whiche confectioun whanne hit is ymaad is clepid 'gobets rial'.
Note: Additional quote, sense 2.(b).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.40vb (2.3) : When it is þus conceyuede in þe matrice, þan os seiþ Seynt Austyn..þe firste 6 daies, it is as it were mylk; 9 daies after þat, it is blode; 12 after þat, it is a sadde body, s. a litil gobat of fleisshe.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.80vb (2.13) : If it so be þat þo ilk wiked humores þat falle don fro þe hede..holde hem at þe mydrede and þer gader into a gobat, a bage, it gendreþ into aposteme þat is called 'pleuresis.'
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (BodeMus 187:Harvey)f.62v (3.8) : Fathede þat appereþ in vryn, somtyme it is in smale gobates, in smale parties, os it were in smale greynes.
Note: Additional quots.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. gobbet.