Middle English Dictionary Entry
goulen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | goulen v. Also gaulen. |
| Etymology | ON; cp. OI gaula. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To cry out, yell, howl, wail; (b) of a wolf: to howl.
Associated quotations
a
- c1380 Vncomly in (Arun 292)p.291 : I ga gowlende a-bowte al so dos a goke..I gowle au [?read: an] mi grayel, and rore als a roke.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)164 : He greten and gouleden and gouen hem ille.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)454 : Hwi grete ye and goulen nou?
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)162 : Humblement hule, mekelike goulith.
- c1390 11 Pains(3) (Vrn)94 : Þei wept and gouled and weore sory.
- c1390 11 Pains(3) (Vrn)189 : Poul wepte and bigon to goule [rime: poule].
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)303/264 : Þei herd a gost goule and grete.
- c1410 Chaucer CT.Mk.(Hrl 7334)B.3559 : Now gaulith al þe pepul on hir alas.
- a1425(c1384) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ezek.30.2 : Gowle ȝe [WB(2): Ȝelle ȝe; L ululate], Woo! Woo! to the dai, for the dai is nyȝ.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)477 : Unnethes es a childe born fully Þat it ne bygynnes to goule and cry.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)5/103 : My bale es ay betande and brynande, That gares ane go gowlande and gyrnande.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)2.325 : What-so-euere men crye or ellys gaule [rime: saule].
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)1.220 : Eche man on hym woll clappe and gavle [rime: soule].
- a1500 Burgh Cato(1) (RwlPoet 35)656 : Gaule [vr. gawle; Rwl C: We may nat lette the peple to gawre and crye].
- a1500 Rolle MPass.(2) (CmbAdd 3042)99 : Þe peple cometh & folewiþ and gouliþ upon þee & wondriþ.
b
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Arun 220)p.152 : Le low hule [glossed:] goulet [vrr. yolles, houleth, cryis].
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)745 : Lou hule, Wolf gouluth.