Middle English Dictionary Entry
gō̆le n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | gō̆le n.(1) Also (in place names) goule, gul. |
| Etymology | OF gole throat, speech, etc. & MLG gole marsh, MDu. gulle. Cp. MnE dial. gool a ditch, sluice. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. gula n. and gule n.
1.
(a) Gullet of an animal; (b) a throatful, speech, talk.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3057 : Into her goles..he þe licour caste.
b
- (c1422) Hoccl.JWife (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)545 : But anoon to me felle out al thy gole, For treewe and trusty be to thee y wole.
2.
(a) A whirlpool; (b) a narrow inlet of the sea; (c) a ditch or stream [see Smith PNElem. 1.206].
Associated quotations
a
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)70a/b : Vorago: a swolle of water, or a gole.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)13/34 : In the narow arme of the see..is a gole or a swelwhe [L vorago], þe which drawithe & swelwythe yn schyppis.
b
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3725 : A galaye he takys And glides vp at a gole.
c
- (1282) in Ekwall PNLan.53 : De Gulden.
- (1347) in Smith PNElem.1.206 : La Goule, [Som.].
- (c1500) EPNSoc.19 (Cmb.)280 : Gooledyke.