Middle English Dictionary Entry
gōl adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | gōl adj. Also gal. |
| Etymology | OE gāl |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Lascivious, lustful; (b) ?overly fond (of sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1201 : For gat iss..Gal deor & stinnkeþþ fule.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)31 : On þe gole men he gelð wið his herte.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)17a : Þe treowe is ofte mistrowet..as iosep i Genesis of þe gale leafdi.
- c1230 *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)15a : Traisun inwið þe gale heorte, nawt ane euch fleschlich hondlunge, ah ȝetten euch gal word, is ladlich vilainie..þah hit ne weoxe forðre bitweone mon & ancre.
- a1300(?a1250) Serm.Atte wrastlinge (Trin-C B.1.45)106 : Wilde wimmen & gol me[n]..wan he gon o þe ring, among manie oþere songis þat litil ben wort þat tei singin so sein þei þus.
- ?a1300 11 Pains(1) (Dgb 86)403/56 : Sweche pinen he þolien schal þat her wes of his fles ful gal And wolde louien his fleses wil.
b
- ?a1300 11 Pains(1) (Dgb 86)404/150 : Gripes freteþ hoere mawen And hoere inward everuidel, Ne be þe þarof no so gal, Eft hoe werpeþ al in al.