Middle English Dictionary Entry
gōld-smith n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gōld-smith n. Also gild-, golde-, golt-; -smeit, -smeth, -smiȝt, -smiȝth, -smit, -smitþe, -smiþþe, -smiz. |
| Etymology | OE gold-smiþ. For gild-, cp. gilden adj. & v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who works in gold, goldsmith; also, one who works in silver or other precious metals; also as surname & in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.205]; (b) fig. sickness, tribulation; (c) goldsmith(es craft, the art of the goldsmith; goldsmithes halle, the guildhall of the London goldsmiths; goldsmith(es werk, a fabric decorated with gold; also, sculpture in precious metals; (d) as surname; (e) ?a goldfinch.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)64a : Alswa as þe goltsmið [Nero: goldsmið] cleanseð þet gold i þe fur, alswa deð godd te sawle i fur of fondunge.
- (1275) in Löfvenberg ME Local Surnames79 : Henr. atte Goltsmithe.
- c1300 SLeg.John (LdMisc 108)271 : Þis goldsmiþes sworen..Þat so clene gold..huy ne seiȝen neuere.
- c1300 SLeg.Nich.(Hrl 2277)364 : Anoþer to seint Nicholas, þe goldsmyth, he let biswinke.
- (1327) in Löfvenberg ME Local Surnames79 : Joh. Goldsmyth.
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)244 : To a gold-smitþe he gan go, & lete make gold coupes.
- (1374-5) Leet R.Norwich in Seld.Soc.566 : Adam de Horsted goldsmyth..et Thomas Toftes simul pugnaverunt in domo Barestaf.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))2 Esd.3.8 : Biside hym bilde Eziel, the sone of Aria, goldsmith [WB(2): goldsmyȝt].
- (1395) Wycl.12 Concl.(Th 17)304 : Vs thinketh þat goldsmethis and armoreris..schulde ben distroyd for þe encres of uertu.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.1337 : Vn to the goldsmyth with thise teynes thre They wente and putte thise teynes in assay To fyr and hamer.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21418 : A cristen man was god gold-smith.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.711 : Kyng Priamus..Ordeyned hath to dwellyn in þe toun..Gold-smythes first & riche Iowellers.
- (1423) RParl.4.257a : Be it ordeigned..that no Goldsmyth, nor other worcher of Silver wyth inne the Reem of Inggelond..worche no Selver, but it be as fyn in alay as the Sterlyng.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)4 Kings 24.14,16 : He translatide..ech crafti man and goldsmyȝt [L clusorem]..crafti men and goldsmyȝthis, a thousynde.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)163a/a : Fyrynesse in þe yren may better be mesured þan in gold or syluer for þe colour of þam, bot if it were done bi a goldsmyth [L per aurifabrum] wont and customed in it.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)43/2 : Sythen tak it fra þe goldsmyth appon a Fryday.
- (1444-5) Doc.Lynn in Nrf.Archaeol.6238 : Petrus Seman, goldsmyth.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)3510 : He shulde..take syluer & golde..to delyuer hit to a goldesmyȝt to make a shrene þat gody to.
- (1450) Acc.St.Margaret Southwark in BMag.32487 : Peyd to the gold smythe for mendyng of the Cuppe of Syluer, xx d.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)122/16 : A yong pure clerk sayd vnto a goldsmyth þat þer sulde com..a merchand þat wald by of hym syluer vessell of dyvers form.
- (1461) Paston (Gairdner)4.4 : I receyvyd yowyr lettyr that ye sent by the gold smyth.
- (1463) Acc.Howard in RC 57155 : My mastyr delyveryd to a goldsmeyt of Schestre..xx d.
- (1464) Acc.Howard in RC 57253 : Payd to the goldsmythe that made the bokelys, pendawntes, and barrys to my masterys salat and his byecoket.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)56b : A Goldesmythe: Aurifaber, aurifex [Monson: Aurifer].
- c1450(a1400) Chev.Assigne (Clg A.2)153 : She sente aftur a goldesmyȝte to forge here a cowpe.
b
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)49a : Secnesse is þi goldsmið [Recl.: golde smyþþe], þe i þe blisse of heouene ouerguldeð þi crune.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)15863 : I [Tribulation] am gold-smyth..Off hevene and the forgeresse Wych in erthe..fforge the crownys off paradys.
c
- (1384) Appeal Usk in Bk.Lond.E.27/137 : John Norhampton, John More, & Richard Norbury senten William Essex & me, Thomas Vsk, to the goldsmithes halle to speke with men of the comun conseyl.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.55 : Donston..made in a tyme a chalys by goldsmethes craft.
- (1438) EEWills109/4 : I bequeth to the saide chapell of Siscetre a cloth of Siluer, and a blak cloth of Damask sengill, & a gowne of Goldsmythes werk.
- ?a1440 Chaucer CT.Kn.(Paris angl.39)A.2498 : Goldsmyth werk [Heng: Ther maistow seen..harneys..wroght..Of Goldsmythrye].
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)50 : Thilk point of gilding is not of her craft but oonli of goldsmyth craft.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)133 : Þere is no more at amyas but þe nethir chauyl for al þe oþir part of þe hed is mad of goldsmytis werk.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)277 : Ther was The goddesse Iuno..In a sercote that shone as bryght as glas, Of goldsmythes werke with spanglys wrought be-dene.
- a1509(?1468) Marriage in Archaeol.31 (Add 46354)334 : The Duke..went..in this habit ensewinge: A short gowne of goldsmythe worke.
d
- (1250) in Fransson Surn.133 : Rog. Goldsmiz.
- (1255) in Fransson Surn.133 : Thom. Goldsmith.
- (1303) in Fransson Surn.133 : Henr. le Goldsmeth.
- (1313) Sub.R.Glo.(1) in BGAS 19222 : Margareta le Goldsmith.
- (1320) Plea R.Edw.II in WSAS 1033 : Hy. le Goldsmith.
- (1327) in Fransson Surn.133 : Johanna la Goldsmyth. Hugo Goldsmyth.
- (1332) in Fransson Surn.133 : Alic. Goldesmyth.
- (1336) in Fransson Surn.133 : Thom. le Gildsmith.
- (c1346) in Fransson Surn.133 : Edm. le Goldsmyth.
- (1359) Reg.Edw.Blk.Pr.2.160 : Thomas Goldsmyth.
- (a1370) R.Arms Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.14303 : Rob'ts Goldesmyth.
- (1381) RParl.3.113a : Johannes Naillere, Goldsmyth.
- (1450-1) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100474 : Tho. Goldsmyth pro le stapillez et crokez argent. factis in feretro, 4 d.
- (1465) Acc.Howard in RC 57484 : Item, my master payd to Arnold gooldsmythe, the same day, for a jasynt sett in goold, xx s.
- (1468-9) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum11 : Et cuidam ffranke Goldsmythe pro cruce predicta emendenda viij d.
- (1485-6) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100416 : Georgio Goldsmyth.
- c1479-1503(1220-1) Cal.Bristol in BGAS 26115 : Peter le Goldsmyth.
e
- c1450 Chaucer CT.Co.(ChU 564)A.4367 : Goldsmyth [so 5 other MSS; Heng: Gaillard he was as goldfynch in the shawe].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1390) Doc.Beverley in Seld.Soc.1433 : Ordinatum est..quod quilibet artifices..viz. mercers et drapers..skynners, taillors, goldsmyths, smyths, plummers..and workmen habeant suos ludos et pagentes paratos..qualibet die in festo Corporis Christi.
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