Middle-English Word of the Day - January 17, 2008
Gome (n.) - a man.
For to haf greued Gaynour and gart hir to dyghe
With glopnyng of that ilke gome that gostlych speked
With his hede in his honde bifore the hyghe table.
- Anonymous: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1400)
Pronunciation: /gOm@/
Key
/g/ g in go
/O/ o in cloth
/m/ m in make
/@/ a in sofa
The Middle-English Word of the Day is selected from Mayhew and Skeat's
"Concise Dictionary of Middle English."
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The approximate pronunciation is determined using Carol Hamill's Middle English Pronunciation Guide
and noted using upon the ASCII-IPA Standard
http://www.island.net/~hamill/medieval/mepronunc.html
http://www.kirshenbaum.net/IPA/
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