Middle English Dictionary Entry
golẹ̄ n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | golẹ̄ n.(2) |
| Etymology | OF golee |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A throatful, speech, talk.
Associated quotations
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)6593 : He..seide vnto him his gole [rime: to me].
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)8333 : Ector..held his pes..Til he hadde saide his gret gole.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)556 : The water-foules han here hedes leid Togedere, and..Whan everych hadde his large golee seyd, They seyden sothly, al by oon assent, How that the goos, [etc.].