gilour

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Middle English

Alternative forms

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

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