ˈgulesought Obs. exc. Sc.
Forms: 5 gowyl sowght, 6 guelsought, gulesought; Sc. 6 gulset, guldsoch, 6–7 gulsoch, 7 gulsogh, 8–9 gulsach, 9 gulschoch.
[f. gule, gull a., yellow + sought (OE. suht, ON. *soht, sótt) sickness; = ON. gulusótt, Sw., Da. gulsot: cf. G. gelbsucht, Du. geelzucht. (The OE. name was ᵹeolu ádl.)]
Jaundice.
| 14.. Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 709/5 Hec glaucoma, the gowyl sowght. 15.. Rowllis Cursing 54 in Laing Anc. Pop. Poetry 212 The panefull gravell and the gutt, The gulsoch that they nevir be but. 1549 Compl. Scot. vi. 67 Sourakkis, that vas gude for the blac gulset. 1551 Turner Herbal i. A v b, The broth..heleth the Jawndes or gulesouyht. 1562 Ibid. ii. 73 The brothe of Osyris dronken is good agaynst y⊇ ianndes or guel sought. 1595 Duncan App. Etymol. (E.D.S.), Aurigo, the guldsoch; morbus Regius. 1673 Wedderburn Voc. (Jam.), Icterus, the gulsogh. 1755 Forbes Ajax' Sp., etc. 34, I wis never very brouden'd upo' swine's flesh, sin my mither gae me a forlethie o't, 'at maist hae gi'en me the gulsach. 1825–80 Jamieson, Gulschoch Gulsach. |