Middle English Dictionary Entry
gōt(e, gǒute n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gōt(e, gǒute n. |
| Etymology | OE *gota, akin to gēotan pour, flow. Also cp. MDu. gōte & OF esgot, esgout. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A stream of water; watercourse, brook; a current or swell of the ocean; also, a stream of blood; (b) a channel, ditch, drain; a sluice; (c) ~ nail, some kind of nail; (d) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.206].
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)413 : Þe arc hoven watz on hyȝe wyth hurlande gotez.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)310 : Þe grete flem of þy flod folded me vmbe; Alle þe gotez of þy guferes..& þy stryuande stremez..dryuez me ouer.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)608 : He lauez hys gyftez as water of dyche, Oþer gotez of gold þat neuer charde.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)934 : By þyse bonkez þer I con gele..To loke on þe glory of þys grac[i]ous gote.
- a1425(c1300) NHom.(1) Peter & P.(Ashm 42)412 : First come milk oute of throte, And sithen blude a mikil gote.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)6817 : The yren In-to the fflesch drofe, The blod gerd out as were a gote, Thei tombled ouer bothe hed and throte.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)7259 : Affter that be-gan it rayne..As water rennes In a goute, The sky gan falle hem aboute.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)560 : Baches woxen ablode..& goutes fram gold wede as goteres þey runne.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4796 : As gotis out of the guttars..So voidis doun þe venom.
b
- (1351) Acc.Chester in LCRS 59170 : [The making of the moiety of the] Gote [between the Prince's manor of Frodesham and their manor].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)205 : Gote, or water schetelys: Aquagium.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.430 : De cisternis..The gootys [vr. guttures] left in, sad thy ground assise.
- (a1460) Doc.in HMC Rep.5 App.522b : Paid to Harry Colyne for half a day dragging at the Goote.
- (1467) Doc.in Rec.B.Nottingham 2380 : Two gootes, parte of a were otherwise called a fysshe-garth.
- (1468-9) Acc.St.Michael Bath in SANHS 2566 : Et computatur solvisse pro emendacione unius goute in tenemento Roberti Barone, viij d.
c
- (1363) in Salzman Building in Engl.312 : Gotenayle [for the foundations of the mill].
d
- (c1200) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)324 : Prestegote.
- (c1288) EPNSoc.7 (Sus.)356 : Alex. de Gote.
- (1292) EPNSoc.29 (Der.)730 : Le Gote.
- (c1300) EPNSoc.5 (North Riding Yks.)327 : Quenhilgote.
- (1327) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10172 : Helewis ate Gote.
- (c1332) EPNSoc.7 (Sus.)304 : William atte Gote.
- (1335) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)283 : Spedegote.
- (1368) EPNSoc.19 (Cmb.)327 : Vykorisgote.
- (1392) EPNSoc.14 (East Riding Yks.& York)324 : Levergot. Wragot.
- (1482) EPNSoc.29 (Der.)730 : Lightgote.