gilty

Middle English

Alternative forms

Adjective

gilty

  1. guilty
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 688-689:
      For Catoun seith, that he that gilty is
      Demeth al thing be spoke of him, y-wis.
      For Cato says that he who is guilty
      Believes every thing is spoken about him, indeed.
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