Middle English Dictionary Entry
gǒme, gōme n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | gǒme, gōme n.(1) Also gom(me, gum(e, yom. Forms: gen. gomes, gome; pl. gomes, gome, gumen, gones, cunes; gen. gomes, gomenen, gumenen, gume. |
| Etymology | OE guma |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A man; also, statue of a man; (b) ~ of Grece, a Greek; (alre) gomene louerd, lord of (all) men; in gome liknesse, in a man's shape.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8542 : Þa com an gume [Otho: a man] ærnen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12244 : Iwrað [Otho: iwarþ] þe king Gracien gumene forcuðest.
- a1275 Wolle ye i-heren (Trin-C B.14.39)47 : An angele..bid hem þene grimme gome, Heroudes, & is lond furleten.
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)89/261 : And þe Admiral is such a gume.
- ?c1335 Elde makiþ me (Hrl 913)p.171 : I poke, i pomple..As galliþ gome igeld.
- c1330 7 Sages(1) (Auch)58/1265 : So dede on þe riche gome þat wiȝ his wif was ouer come.
- c1330 St.Greg.(Auch)105/543 : Wel gentil was þat feir gome.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)346 : Þemperour had god game of þat gomes lore.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1939 : Þemperour..& alle his gomes riche hiȝed hem to here hors.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)402 : Þou art a wonder gome!
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)7.205 : Ȝif þe gomes grucchen, bidde hem go swynke.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12698 : Sco was giuen to zebedei, A dughti gom [Göt: man] o galilee.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)18.216 : God of his goodnesse þe fyrste gome [C: man] Adam, Sette hym in solace.
- c1425(?a1400) Arthur (Lngl 55)184 : Wyth ham com many a Goome [rime: al-oone].
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)54 : Þat was clanly compilet with a clerk wise, On Gydo, a gome þat graidly hade soght.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5276 : Þe pilars were of purfire..With gomes grouelings of gold..to bere vp þe postis.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.171 : Þer is as moche good witte in swyche gomes nollis As þou shuldist mete of a myst fro morwe tyll euen.
- a1500(?c1400) Song Roland (Lnsd 388)16 : I haue bene In Saragos, þer sairsins won, And spoken with the soudan, þat myghty gom.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)67 : What glut of þo gomes may any good kachen, He will kepen it hym-self.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4644 : Ich hatte Godlac; gumenen [Otho: of londe] ich wes lauerd.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15843 : Nulle hit nauere god seolf, þe gumenene [Otho: manne] in lauerd, þet þi castel stonde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)17295 : He hæhte Gillomaurus; gomenen he wes lauerd [Otho: king of þan londe].
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)23/209 : To luuien & to leuen o þen liuiende godd, alre gume lauerd.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1967 : Þe gomes of grece were gon to cherche.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2157 : Þer stod a gome of grece.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)21.330 : For god haþ go..in a gome lyknesse This þritty wynter.
2.
(a) A warrior; (b) god ~, proud ~, a valiant warrior; gomene elder, leader of warriors.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)26406 : Griðien ich him wulle, & his gumen [Otho: cnihtes] alle.
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)1309 : Þo gomes [a1500: knyghtes], þat were egre of siȝt, Wiþ fauchouns felle þai gun to fiȝt.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)3120 : An onwrast gome y-comen þer is..In þe warld nis swiche a scheld.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1169 : Þan preiede he to þe prince of heuene..his gomes to saue.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)4203 : Þay were araid al & some, And an-horce wern þe grete gome.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)531 : He mette a gome on an hors.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2239 : 'Gawayn,' quoþ þat grene gome, 'God þe mot loke!'
- a1425-a1500(?c1350) Libeaus (Kaluza)1145 : Þat traitour schall be take..þauȝ he wer grimmer gome þan Launcelet du Lake.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3409 : The eldeste was Alexandere..The toþer Ector..the cheualrous gume.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)318 : Gomes with gambassowne lyes on þe bent so browne.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)1289 : Graythe gounnes stoppede those gones [rime: stones].
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1417 : Stanes of engynes..Girdis ouir garettis with gomes [Dub: cunes] to þe erþe.
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)144 : Ther londed many a grymlye gome.
- c1475(c1420) Page SRouen (Eg 1995)p.7 : Talbot..loggyd hym next that gome.
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)2212 : Bothe roulond and Olyuer..slowyn þere many a yom [rime: bycome, bynome, mone].
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)594 : Many a gome to the grounde glode in a stounde.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12178 : He chæs..ten þusend cnihten, & makede Gracien gumene ælder.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)31462 : Oswi hafde emes sunen, þe weoren swiðe prute gumen [Otho: gomes].
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)7 : Hauelok was a ful god gome; He was ful god in eueri trome.
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)1579 : Karnifees knuȝt otuwel, By hise armes swiþe wel, & seide to þe gode gome, 'For-sworne þef, artou come?'
- a1400 Bevis (Eg 2862)1176 : Y wyl goo, þat good gom.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)3556 : Þe soudanes broþer And many proude gome..Willeþ wenden.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)3804 : He seiȝ Alisaunder, þe gode gome, Towardes hym swiþe come.
3.
(a) A husband; (b) a man servant; (c) God (either Christ or the Trinity).
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)12/158 : I þet eadi lond as brude ne nimeð gume, ne brudgume brude.
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7937 : 'Sun,' he said, þat godds gome, 'Giuen þou has þin aun dome.'
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)77 : Gotz forth, my gomez, to þe grete streetez.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)458 : Thase gleterande gommes gladdis þaire gestis.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2384 : It was þe gilt all of þe gome, & noȝt of þe gud lord.
c
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)1512 : O God hit is..To whom Ioye & honour bi-come Wiþ-outen ende, þe holy gome.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)203/269 : To the, ihesu, I make my mone..ffarwel! gracyouse gome! where so thou gone.
4.
(a) A male child; baby boy; (b) ?a woman; (c) a person; pl. people; no(n ~, nobody.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)3/22 : Twelf feren he hadde..& alle hi were faire gomes.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)11/161 : Whannes beo ȝe, faire gumes [Hrl: gomen]?
- c1390 St.Greg.(Vrn)40/331 : Þou hast..þe louelokeste gome þat eni mon mai wiþ eiȝen seo.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)11.215 : A rybaud þei engen drede, and a gome vnryhtful.
- c1440(?a1400) St.John (Thrn)29 : In Galylee graythely gome was þou get.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)154/255 : Haue ȝe geten þis gome?
b
- a1350 In a fryht (Hrl 2253)4 : Heo glystnede ase gold..nes ner gome so gladly on gere.
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3590 : Nute hit neuere nane gume [Otho: gome].
- a1350 Ichot a burde in a (Hrl 2253)26 : He is..wiþ eueruch a gome gladest in gale.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)824 : Freliche foules..made moche noyce to glade wiþ uch gome þat here gle herde.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1076 : He was gretly agreues [read: agreued]; no gome þort him blame.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1730 : Ȝe arn so grisli a gost a gom on to loke.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2152 : No gom miȝt hem finde.
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)11.170 : Was neuer gome [vrr. man, grom] vppon grounde..Feirore vndurfonge.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7254 : Bi a piler was he þar sett To gleu þaa gomes at þair mete.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.371 : 'Who suffreth more þan god?' quod he; 'No gome, as I leue.'
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)14.255 : God is his grettest helpe, and no gome elles.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)11.235 : The godspel ys her-ageyn, as gomes may reden.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)325 : I knowe no gome þat is gast of þy grete wordes.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1209 : Thankes Gode..of þis grace, and no gome ell[e]s.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)330/295 : To all gomes, he God son hym graunted.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5076 : No gome shuld hym greue with no grym weppon.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)3182 : Some tounes wex nere tome, In þe whilk woned many gome.
- c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced.(Grv 60)557 : To hur god Seraphin þe gomes gon all.