gobet – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of gobet

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Noun: gobet
Sg.gobet
Pl.gobettes

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • […]and he hadde broke the chaynes, and hadde broke the stockis to smale gobetis, and no man myyte make hym tame. ([…] and he had broken the chains, and had broken the stocks into small pieces, and no man might make him tame.) [1388, John Wycliffe, The New Testament in English, Mark 5:4:]
  • He seyde he hadde ǁ a gobet of the seyl / That Seint Peter hadde ǁ[…] (He said he had a bit of the sail that Saint Peter had […]) [1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 10, verso:]

Nouns inflected like gobet

ketil-hat, tercelet, cresset, crochet, gauntelet, launcet, popet, cat, pot, wit, roget, halibut, hastelet, mawmet, basket, buffet, cornet, tablet, fret, gnat, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Verbs referencing "gobet"

English Nouns gob, English Nouns gobbet.

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