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)

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

English: guiler

References

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

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