Searchable Lemmata: gold (ME), gold (OScots), gold (MdE).
Alternate Forms: golde.
1a(n.)
Raw Material;
yellow precious metal. In cloth and clothing contexts, something having the colour of gold or made partly of gold. In heraldry, the tincture gold or yellow in bearings.(circa 700 still in current use)
4. [158] ... Item, to Jane Greyndor his wyf ... a Bracelet of Gold. ...
A gown of Rede damask, furred with marteyns ...
[159] ... Item I woll that my hewke of silver be sold and do for my sowle
Wills.
[MED Will Dixton in BGAS 11 (158-159) 1438]
Sex: N/A Use: n/a Status: High Rank: High Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
1b1(n.)
Raw Material;
gold thread. Also, something embroidered or brocaded with gold thread or gold wire (cf. gold wire).(ante 1250 - circa 1450)
3. A lytill cofir with relekys. Also a cloth of gold cald a fertour, þe champ red. Also anothire fertour of cloth of gold, champ blu. ... A white vestement of o sewte with briddes & grefons of gold ... a red vestement of satyn with lyons of gold of o sevte ... a hole vestement of blu veluet with sterres & mones of golde
Accounts.
[MED Rec.St.Mary at Hill (26) 1432]
4. [13] ... Item, ij Redells of Rede Sylk wt rays to the saide auter ... F'yrst a sute of Blew imbroudyd with gold with Antlopp & byrdes of gold, the orffrayes with crownys and sterres of gold ... a cope of Rede Sylk with the grond with white flowers & skalabes of gold ... [14] ... Orfrayes of grene welwet with buddys of gold pouder & blak & rede ... A sute of white damask clothe ... wt a hole corporas of the same ... Item, a frontell of blew & grene baudkyn ... to heng under ye same frontell wt a reredose of yesame to henth abow the Auteer wt a crucifyx
Accounts.
[MED Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 12 (13-14) 1448]
Sex: N/A Use: n/a Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
1b2(n.)
Textile;
cloth made with gold thread; cloth of gold; something made of cloth of gold (a cloth of gold garment, etc.).(ante 1375 still in current use)
4. A lytill cofir with relekys. Also a cloth of gold cald a fertour, þe champ red. Also anothire fertour of cloth of gold, champ blu. ... A white vestement of o sewte with briddes & grefons of gold ... a red vestement of satyn with lyons of gold of o sevte ... a hole vestement of blu veluet with sterres & mones of golde
Accounts.
[MED Rec.St.Mary at Hill (26) 1432]
6. [149] ... A rede chesyble with a patyble stool and fanol of the same sute ... One chesyple of gold, poudred of yelowe and blue ... A nother coope of dyuers workes of yelowe and braunche with a tuft of blue and grene silke be hynd ... [150] ... A cope of grene bawdakyn with Red Orffrai ... Item, the veyl, other wyse called the lent cloth, of whyte lynen cloth with a cross of blue, and the lyne thereto ... The apparail ... longyng to Seynt Margaret is auter, with hyr figur steyned ... and ij bosces of copper and ouer gylt
Accounts.
[MED Acc.St.Ewen in BGAS 15 (149-150) 1454/1455]
Sex: Male, Female, Infant Use: n/a Status: High Rank: High Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
2(adj.)
Other;
of gold; made of gold. Cf. gold damask, gold faw, gold foil, gold leaf, gold poudre, gold wire, etc. Also: having the colour of gold; golden or yellow (including heraldic tincture).(ante 1300 ? still in current use)
1. [587] ... His gold sporez spend with pryde / Gurde wyth a bront ful sure With silk sayn vmbe his syde ... [591] ... When he watz hasped in armes, his harnays watz ryche; Þe lest lachet ouer loupe lemed of golde
Arthurian, Poetic, Romance.
[MED Gawain ((Nero A.10) 587-591) circa 1400]
Sex: N/A Use: n/a Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
