Middle English Dictionary Entry
Gō̆thes, Gōtes n. plural
Entry Info
| Forms | Gō̆thes, Gōtes n. plural Also gothi, goetes. |
| Etymology | L Gothi & OE Gotan. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The Goths; prob. also, members of allied or subject tribes; (b) ancient inhabitants of the lands north of the Black Sea; ~ men, the Gaetulians.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)174b/a : The nacioun of Gootes [L Gothorum] woned in þat prouynce [Aragonia] some tyme.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)192a/b : Þe grete myȝte of Iulius Cesar..dredde to fyghte with Danes, Gootes [L Gothis], Norweyes, and oþere men of þe northe.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.4.82 : Theodoric, the kyng of Gothes..hadde his gerneeris ful of corn.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)19b : Among gothus and alanus & hunus, horsmen vsen to ben armed.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)20a : Þei scholde wende wiþ þe Emperour Gracian to werre aȝenst þe gootus..and so wiþ nakyd brest and opoun heued þey wende to werrey aȝenst þe gootis [L Gothos], and..alle þey were destroyed.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)58/22 : Gothi dwelled fast by hem, for þese cuntres occupied ny fro þe grete flod cleped Danubius un-to þat cuntr whech we clepe Denmark, for of þese Gothis cam þese Danes.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)18 : Magog; of him cam thei of Scithia, and eke the Gothis.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.145 : Gotha [L Gothia] is þe neþer partie of Scythia..þe men of þat lond beeþ rediloker i-cleped Gothy [Higd.(2): Gothos] þan Gogi..and of hem com þe Dacies in Europa, Getuli in Affrica, Amazones in Asia.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.151 : Þe firste Amazones were þe wyfes of Gothes [L Gothorum].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)172b/a : Amazonia..haþ þat name..of wymmen þat were þe wyues of þe men þat were yclepyd goothos..And þees goothes were sternelyche y-killede.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)180b/b : Getulia is a prouynce of Affrica and hath þat name of goetes men [L Gothorum], þat come of hem þat left of the Gotes.