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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Goune], sb. gown, PP, C; gowne, PP; gunes, pl., MD.—AF. goune, OF. gone.

[ Goune-cloth], sb. cloth enough to make a gown, CM.

[ Gourde], sb. gourd, C3, H; goord, Prompt.; gowrdes, pl., S2.—OF. gourde, gouhourde, cougourde; Lat. cucurbita.

[ Gouernaille], sb. management, C2; gouernaile, rudder, W; gouernails, pl., W2.—OF. gouvernail, rudder; Lat. gubernaculum.

[ Gouernance], sb. government, behaviour, PP, C2, C3; gouernaunce, C, C2, C3; gouernauncis, pl., rules for conduct, customs, S3.

[ Gouerne], v. to govern, PP, C2.—AF. governer; Lat. gubernare.

[ Gouernour], sb. governor, C2; steersman, W, W2.—OF. gouverneur; Lat. gubernatorem (acc.).

[ Gradde], pt. s., S, S2, PP; see [Greden].

[ Gradi], adj. greedy, S; see [Gredy].

[ Graffe], sb. a slip, young shoot, PP, Prompt.; graff, Cotg.—Late Lat. graphium, a stile (Gr. γραφεῖον); hence Low Lat. graffiolum, a graft, sucker; cp. OF. greffe.