"gol" meaning in Middle English

See gol in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡɔ̝ːl/, /ɡaːl/ [Northern] Forms: *goles [plural], gale [alternative, Northern]
Etymology: From Old English *gāl (“obstacle, barrier, marker”), from Proto-West Germanic *gailu, from Proto-Germanic *gailō (“crevice, gap”). Etymology templates: {{ety|enm|:inh|ang:*gāl|id=limit}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "gape", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ǵʰeh₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*gailō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*gailu", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "*gāl", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "gol", "lang" : "enm" }" data-id="limit" data-lang="enm" data-title="gol" id="Middle_English:_limit">, {{inh|enm|ang|*gāl|t=obstacle, barrier, marker}} Old English *gāl (“obstacle, barrier, marker”), {{der|enm|gmw-pro|*gailu}} Proto-West Germanic *gailu, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*gailō|t=crevice, gap}} Proto-Germanic *gailō (“crevice, gap”) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} gol, {{enm-noun|*goles}} gol (plural *goles), {{tlb|enm|rare}} (rare)
  1. boundary; limit Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-gol-enm-noun-iZGyZPua Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 52 6 36 6
  2. (Northern) way, path Tags: Northern, rare
    Sense id: en-gol-enm-noun-8h0EyNl6
  3. (Northern) means, method Tags: Northern, rare
    Sense id: en-gol-enm-noun-yElzNDpy Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymon, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 37 9 53 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 3 0 11 20 16 14 14 22 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 3 0 10 19 4 15 16 13 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|var=1}} gol
  1. alternative form of gold Tags: alt-of, alternative, rare Alternative form of: gold
    Sense id: en-gol-enm-noun-552drWyt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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