Middle English Dictionary Entry
gurges n.
Entry Info
| Forms | gurges n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A whirlpool.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)156a/b : A swolowe [L Gurges] hatte gurges, and is a depe place in a ryuer, and hath þat name of gutture a throte as ysider seith.