A. 1327 Pol. Songs (Camden) 238 ― Sathanas··Seyde on is sawe Gobelyn made is gerner Of gromene mawe.
1388 Wyclif Ps. xc. 6 ― Of an arowe fliynge in the dai, of a gobelyn goynge in derknessis.
A. 1400-50 Alexander 5492 ― Gamarody þe goblyn, anothire grym sire.
C. 1500 Melusine i. 4 ― Many manyeres of thinges, the whiche somme called Gobelyns, the other ffayrees, and the other ‘bonnes dames’ or good ladyes.