ȝalownes

Middle English

Noun

ȝalownes

  1. yellowness
    • c. 1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Complaint of Chaucer to his Purse,” lines 8-11,
      Now voucheth sauf this day or hyt be nyght
      That I of yow the blisful soun may here
      Or see your colour lyk the sonne bryght
      That of yelownesse hadde never pere.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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