Middle English Dictionary Entry
gōr(e n.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | gōr(e n.(3) Also gorre. |
| Etymology | OE gor |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Dung, filth; mud, mire; ?also, fen country [quot.: PParv.]; fig. moral filth; (b) as a term of reproach: a vile or worthless person; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.206].
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)122.105/3 : Cnuca þa wyrt mid swinenum gore.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)22/11 : Wið wæteres brine oþþer fires, bærn fearres gor & sced þær-on.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)306 : Wyth her unworþelych werk me wlatez wythinne; Þe gore þerof me hatz greved and þe glette nwyed.
- c1400 St.Alex.(3) (LdMisc 622)65/1005 : His fader sergeauntz alle veyn glorie gonne hym calle, And gorre on hym gonne þrowe.
- a1425-a1500(?c1350) Libeaus (Kaluza)1561 : For gore and fen ful faste, Þat er was out y-cast, Þey gadered in y-wis.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)203 : Gore, or slory [Win: Gor, or fflory]: Limus, tessequa [Win: Tesqua].
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1130 : Bothe þe guttez and the gorre guschez owte at ones.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1370 : Thurghe þe guttez into þe gorre, he gyrdes hym ewyn.
b
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2497 : He bigan for to rore, So it were grim or gore.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1413 : Fro oure lordys lyth þou hast me let, sory synne, þou grysly gore! owte on þee, dedly synne!
c
- (1243) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)199 : Gormyr'.
- (1282) in Ekwall PNLan.35 : Gorton.
- (a1300) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)112 : Gordweyt.
- (1322) in Ekwall PNLan.27 : Gorebrocke.
- (1499) in Ekwall PNLan.35 : Goreton.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. gore.