guiler
English
Etymology
From Middle English giler, gylur, gylour, gilour, from Old French guilëor, equivalent to guile + -er.
Noun
guiler (plural guilers)
- (obsolete) A deceiver.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:
- And þow hast gyuen hire to a gyloure · now god gyf þe sorwe.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II: