gorgeier (s.xii3/4)
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gorgeier (s.xii3/4)

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[gdw]

  FEW:  gurges 4,334b Gdf:  gorgoier 4,312b GdfC: ∅ TL: gorgoiier 4,449 DEAF:  gorge (gorgoier) G1008 DMF:  gorgoyer  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
gargoier,  gorgoier,  gorjoier,  gergoler (l. gergoier?)  

v.n.

1soundhumanto make throaty, guttural sounds: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Cele gent gorgeie; hidus est lor son  5448
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Il sunt hidus e noirs e de grant estature Gorge[ie]nt de lur voiz, roe est lur parl[e]ure  6025
♦to gurgle, choke: 
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin )  Sunt sis cumpainun esveilez. Oirent le chaitif gorgeier [...] E alument une chandele: Virent dunc le dolent gesir, Le sanc de sun guitrun builir  84.49
♦med.to gargle: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  E faites la gargarisme qui deseche dunt li malades gargoie nuit e jor  i 69.xix
♦soundorn.zool.to croak, caw: 
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  (a crow:) si se prist a gorjoier Bec destendu, de goule overte  4876
♦soundorn.zool.to cluck: 
( MS: s.xiv1 )  Dru geline quant ele pount, hayngneus quant ele gergole (l. gergoie?) (M.E.  Leef hen whanne hue leyth, Loth whanne hue clok seyth)  405
degorger  engorgié  gorge#1  gorgee  gorger  gorgerer  gorgeret  gorgerie  gorgeron  gorget  gorgeur 
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