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gargate (1130)

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gargate (1130)

gargat,  gargatte;  gargette;  (gorgite );
pl. gargatz  
  FEW:  garg- 4,54b Gdf:  gargate 4,228a GdfC: TL: gargate 4,154 DEAF:  gargate G253 DMF:  gargate  TLF: OED:  garget n.1  MED:  gargat(e n.  DMLBS:  gargata 1051c

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1anat.throat
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  la mere od ses anceles, Cotels tranchanz suz lur aisseles, La gargate li unt trenchiee  Brut WACE 2173
( s.xiii2; MS: c.1400 )  mon counsail est qe nous colpeoms les gargatz de nos barouns ceste nuyt  Geanz Prose1 (E) 49v
( 1396; MS: s.xv1 )  [...], le cervele, le gargate, le corps, le coer, [...]  Man lang ANTS 4.14
( MS: s.xv )  Humme ke ad squinacie (l. squinancie?) (=inflammation of the throat) ou duresse de gargette, prenge la semence [...]  Five Med MSS 129.E142
anat.gullet
( MS: s.xiii1 )  ysophagus est gula stomachi gallice gargette, anglice wosente  Vernac Glosses 16
( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) ysophagus: (D) le gargat, wosinde  TLL ii 126.5
anat.Adam's apple, larynx
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Dedens la gorge est le gargate (M.E. þe þrotebolle)  BIBB ROTH (G) 75
( MS: s.xvm )  le gorgite ye throte boll’  Fr Voc 86.62
anat.epiglottis
( MS: s.xiiiex ) epiglotum: (C) le gargat  TLL ii 126.5
2 name (used as a surname)
( 1130 )  Reginald Gargate  Family Names Gargett
lier entur sa (etc.) gargate
fig.to keep to heart, to be mindful of
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Beal filz, se tu aimes ta vie, Entor ta gargate les (=compassion and truth) lie (Latin: Circumda ea gutiri tuo) Es tables del queor les escrif  Salemon 2164

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See also:

gargalette  gargariser  gargarisme  gargater  gargatum  gargylloun 
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