gayler
See also: Gayler
Middle English
Noun
gayler
- Alternative form of gayoler
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Monk's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3621-3624:
- His yonge sone, that three yeer was of age,
Un-to him seyde, ‘fader, why do ye wepe?
Whan wol the gayler bringen our potage,
Is ther no morsel breed that ye do kepe?’- His young son, who was three years of age,
Unto him said, ‘Father, why do you weep?
When will the jailer bring our soup,
Is there no morsel of bread that you do keep?’
- His young son, who was three years of age,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Monk's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3621-3624:
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