A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Genette], sb. a small Spanish horse, a jennet, SkD; iennet, S3, Sh.—OF. genette (Cotg.); Sp. ginete, a light horseman (Minsheu): from Zenāta, the name of a tribe in Barbary, see Dozy.

[ Genge], sb. a going, expedition, army, S; pl. nations, S2, H.

[ Gent], adj. noble, nobly-born, PP, C2; spruce, gay, SkD (p. 813), S3; gente, S.—OF. gent; Lat. genitum, born, well-born.

[ Gentil], adj. worthy, excellent, gentle, compassionate, C2; noble, PP; gentils, sb. pl., people well born, C2, C3.—AF. gentil, noble, beautiful; Lat. gentilem.

[ Gentillesse], sb. nobleness, gracefulness, C2, C3.—OF. gentillesse.

[ Gentrise], sb. noble nature, PP; gentrice, PP.—AF. genterise.

[ Gentrye], sb. gentleness, PP.

[ Gepoun], sb. a short cassock, CM; see [Gipoun].

[ Ger], pl. years, S; see [Ȝeer].

[ Ger], v. to cause, make, S2, JD; gere, to make, H; gar, JD, S3; gare, H; geren, to prepare, S; gare, imp., H; gers, pr. s., H; 2 pr. s., H; gerte, pt. s., PP; gert, S2, PP, S3, H; garte, PP; gart, S2, PP; garde, pl., S3; gert, pp., PP, H.—Icel. göra (for görva). See [Ȝare].