gobet

Middle English

Noun

gobet

1. gobbet
   • 1388, John Wycliffe, The New Testament in English, Mark 5:4:

     […] and he hadde broke the chaynes, and hadde broke the stockis to smale gobetis, and no man myyte make hym tame.

     […] and he had broken the chains, and had broken the stocks into small pieces, and no man might make him tame.

   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 10, verso:

     He seyde he hadde ǁ a gobet of the seyl / That Seint Peter hadde ǁ […]

     He said he had a bit of the sail that Saint Peter had […]

References

• “gobet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.