Middle English Dictionary Entry
deuī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | deuī adj. Also deuhy. |
| Etymology | OE dēawig |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Like dew or mist; ~ cloud, mist; ~ lond, humid or moist land; (b) watery.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.151 : Y-wette wiþ dewy droppes [L rorulentis stillicidiis infusum].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)136a/a : Þe rayne bowe..is nouȝt elles but a certeyn dewy clowde in his substaunce.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)136b/b : Reboundinge of bemes of lyȝt in a dewy cloude and a rayny.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.299 : In dewy, clowdy lond.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.St.Giles (LdMisc 683)159 : Thy wounde open, thy blood dystellyng doun As deuhy dropis.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)25a/a : Signez..bene bolnyng..colour rored i. dewy [L calor roridus], rednez blody.