Middle English Dictionary Entry
gule n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gule n. |
| Etymology | ML gula & OF gole, goule, gule; CL gula throat. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. gō̆le n.(1) and gula n.
1.
In phr. ~ of August, Lammas Day, August 1.
Associated quotations
- [ a1350 Songs Langtoft (Jul A.5)p.450 : Le duk Robert les sayse et of sa compaynye Jour de goul [vr. gule] de Aust a Portesmue applye. ]
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)602/13 : The sonday next after the gule of August (that is to sey, lammasse day).