gilty

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gulty

Adjective

gilty

1. guilty
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue, The Canterbury Tales, line 688-689:

     For Catoun seith, that he that gilty is
     Demeth al thing be spoke of him, y-wis.

     For Cato says that he who is guilty
     Believes every thing is spoken about him, indeed.