Middle English Dictionary Entry
gosling, gẹ̄̆s-, gọ̄s- n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gosling, gẹ̄̆s-, gọ̄s- n. Also gesseling, gosseling, gusling. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI gæslingr. Remodeled under influence of ME gọ̄s . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A gosling; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1300 StJ.List Trees (StJ-C E.17)155 : Swanbriddes. Oysouns Geslingges.
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)150 : Femme roste oseloun dun hay, W. bredith a goselyng with a hegge.
- (a1399) Oath Bk.Colchester10 : Yonge gees, goselyng, yn ye same manere.
- (1408) Invent.Jarrow in Sur.Soc.2981 : Item, in deyria, iiij aucæ, j ancer, xxx goslingis.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)638/17 : Hic ancerulus, Anglice, geslyng.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)204 : Goselynge [Win: Gooslyng]: Ancerulus [Win: aucerulus].
- (1465) Acc.Howard in RC 57296 : Item, my mastyr paid her for a gander, iiij bredegese, and v yonge goslynges; the prise of alle drawyth, iiij s.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.OFools (LdMisc 683)52 : A pulteer that selleth a fat swan For a goselyng [vr. gosselyng] that greseth on bareyn clours.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)54b : A Gesseling [Monson: a Geslynge]: Auceriolus [Monson: Ancerulus].
- a1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)513 : Goos with his Gooslynges [vr. gosselyngis] to swymme in the lake.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)701/12 : Hic ancerulus: a geslynge.
- a1500 When nettuls (BodPoet e.1)p.269 : Whan whytynges do walke forestes to chase hertys..And goslynges hunt, the wolfe to overthrow..Than put women in trust and confydens.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)760/35 : Hic ancerulus, Anglice, a guslyng.
b
- (c1275) Hundred R.Tower 1439 : Symon Goseling.