Middle English Dictionary Entry
gǒute n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | gǒute n.(2) Also gut, gutta & (error) gowce. |
| Etymology | OF gote & L gutta. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A drop of liquid; (b) a fragrant resin, stacte, ?a kind of myrrh; (c) her. a drop-shaped figure in a coat of arms, a goutte.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)53a/a : Sore prickynge..& greues of diuers gowtes and droppinges [L et multiplicis gutte infestationem].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)132a/b : It is said suffucio & water descendyng & in som maner a gut or drop [L gutta].
b
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)44.10 : Myrre and gutt [L gutta] and smel ben of þy uestment.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ps.44.9 : Myrre and the swote gumme, gutta, and the swote erbe cassia.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)44.10 : Mirre and gut and cassi of thi clathyngis..Gutta, that fordos bolnyngis, is mekenes.
c
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3759 : Sir Gawayne..Vmbegrippys a spere and to a gome rynnys, þat bare of gowles full gaye, with gowces [read: gowtes] of syluere.