† ˈgoleness Obs.
[f. OE. gálnys, f. gál gole a. + -ness.]
Wantonness, lasciviousness.
| a 1050 Liber Scintill. xxi. 89 Onᵹean galnysse..na framað onᵹeanwinnan ac fleon. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 19 Þe licome luuað..muchele etinge and drunkunge, and glanesse [? galnesse], and prude. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 37 Ðis oref stincð fule for his golnesse. c 1200 Ormin 8015 Off galnesse skir and fre. a 1250 Owl & Night. 492 Al his thoȝt is of golnesse. |
So † ˈgoleship = goleness.
| c 1000 ælfric Deut. xx. 21 He begæþ unætas and oferdrincas and galscipe. c 1220 Bestiary 610 He arn so kolde of kinde ðat no golsipe is hem minde. |