Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and IndexesChaucer, Geoffrey
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Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes
Chaucer, Geoffrey
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
GOLDSMITH, _s._ G 1333.
GOLDSMITHRIE, _s._ goldsmiths' work, A 2498.
GOLD-THRED, _s._ gold thread, golden twine, B 3665.
GOLEE, _s._ gabble (lit. mouthful), 5. 566 (see note).
GOLET (gulet), _s._ throat, gullet, C 543. Dimin. of O.F. _gole_, the
throat, Lat. _gula_.
GOLIARDEYS, _s._ buffoon, scurrilous talker, A 560. See note.
GOMME (gumm[*e]), _s._ gum, L. 121.
GON, _v._ go, proceed, F 200, G 563; walk, L. 1399; Goon, _v._ B 373, E
847, F 327; move, A 2510; HF. 934; _lete it goon_, let it go, G 1475; Goon,
_ger._ to go, L. 34; A 12, F 809; to walk, I 105; Go, _v._ walk, B 3802, D
1593; move, F 921; roam, L. 2066; Goost, _2 pr. s._ goest, G 56; Gost, _2
pr. s._ goest, L. 926; walkest about, B 3123; Goth, _pr. s_. goes, 1. 68;
A. ii. 16. 5; B 1698, F 392; Gooth about, seeks for, T. i. 1091; Gooth,
goes, B 385, 704, 728; Geeth, L. 2145; Gas (Northern), A 4037; Goon, _2 pr.
pl._ A 771; Go, _2 pr. pl._ walk, go on foot, C 748; Gon, _pr. pl._ go
(i.e. is heard), B 4042; Goon, _pr. pl._ 5. 102; proceed, go along, E 898;
Goon, _pp._ gone, L. 792; B 17, E 774; Go, _pp._ gone, 3. 387; L. 1656; B
1006, G 907; Geen (Northern), A 4078; Go, _pr. s. subj._ may walk, L. 2069;
Go we, let us go, T. ii. 615, 1163; B 1413; Goth, _imp. pl._ go, B 3384, E
568, F 1488.
GONFANOUN, _s._ gonfanon, gonfalon, a sacred banner, R. 1201.
GONGE, _s._ privy, I 885. A.S. _gang_.
GONNE, _s._ missile, L. 637 (see note); gun, cannon, HF. 1643.
GONNE, -N; see GINNE, _v._
GOOD, _adj._ good, A 183; Gode, _def._ A 850, 3049; _fem._ 3. 948; _dat._ F
1443; _voc._ A 4247, B 1111, 4634, C 235, D 431; E 852; Goode, _nom. def._
B 3084; _voc._ 3. 522; good friend, T. i. 1017; good (man), T. iv. 1660;
Gode, _pl._ L. 484; A 74, D 835; Gode men, good people, E 2416.
GOOD, _adv._ well, T. i. 119.
GOOD, _s._ property, goods, 5. 462; 13. 2; T. iii. 1108; R. 204; A 581,
611, D 1575, G 831, 868, 949, 1289; Gode, _dat._ benefit, HF. 1, 58;
property, wealth, L. 2638; Godes, _pl._ goods, B 2605; good things, I 450.
GOODELY, _adv._ kindly, 3. 1283. See GOODLY.
GOODLICH, _adj._ kind, bountiful, G 1053; Goodliche, kindly, B 2923. See
GOODLY.
GOODLIESTE, _sup._ goodliest, 5. 375.
GOODLIHEED, _s._ seemliness, T. ii. 842; goodly seeming, HF. 330; a goodly
outside, HF. 274; Goodlihede, goodliness, beauty, 3. 829; Godlihede, T.
iii. 1730.
GOODLY, _adj._ kindly, B 2921; excellent, L. 77; pleasing, right, B 3969;
portly, B 4010. See GOODLICH.
GOODLY, _adv._ patiently, T. iii. 1035; well, B 2420; kindly, 3. 529; HF.
565; reasonably, T. iii. 990; favourably, T. iii. 654; rightly, B 2860.
GOOD-MAN, _s._ master of the house, C 361; householder, L. 1391.
GOODNESSE, _s._ goodness, 1. 111, 138; L. 511, 520.
GOON; see GON.
GOOS, _s._ goose, 5. 358; A 3317, 4137; Gooses, _gen._ 5. 586; Gees, _pl._.
B 4581, E 2275.
GOOSISH, _adj._ goose-like, foolish, T. iii. 584.
GOOST, _2 pr. s._ goest, B 2501. See GON.
GOOT, _s._ goat, A 688, G 886.
GOOTH, _pr. s. of_ Gon.
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