gilour
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French guilëor.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgilour (plural gilours)
- 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!
- mocker, scoffer
- the Devil, Satan
Descendants
edit- English: guiler
References
edit- “gīlǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.