gilour

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gylur, gylour, guilour, giloure, gilowre, gyllor, gyuler, gyloure, gylor, gyler, giler, gilur

Etymology

From Old French guilëor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡiːlur/, /ˈɡiːlər/

Noun

gilour (plural gilours)

1. deceiver, beguiler, betrayer
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II:

     And þow hast gyuen hire to a gyloure · now god gyf þe sorwe.

     And you have given her to a deceiver—now may God give you sorrow!

2. mocker, scoffer
3. the Devil, Satan

Descendants

• English: guiler

References

• “gīlǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.