Middle English Dictionary Entry
gōren v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | gōren v.(1) Also gorren. |
| Etymology | From gōre n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To pierce (sb.), stab.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)941 : Alle þe cite drowe hym, Suþ gored [vr. gorryd] þe gome, þat his guttes alle..in-to his breche felle.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3645 : Þare was..many of Perses Gorred & gais þurȝe & grysely woundid.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)51 : Þe men be redy with speris for to gor þe bestis.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)118 : The othir, in his pulling, gorid the kyng.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)189 : As he rod ovyr the brigge, on was beneth, and with a spere gored him.
- c1450 Siege Jerus.(1) (Clg A.2)1167 : Ther þey gorede [euereche a] manne.