Middle English Dictionary Entry
doughter in laue phr.
Entry Info
| Forms | doughter in laue phr. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One's son's wife, daughter-in-law.
Associated quotations
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.4977 : Þe wif of Ector, hir douȝter in lawe, After hir lore mochel dide drawe.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ruth 1.22 : Thanne cam Noemy with Ruth Moabite, hir douȝter in lawe [WB(2): the wijf of hir sone; L nuru sua], fro the loond of hir pilgrimage.
- (c1438) MKempe B (Add 61823)226/5 : Whan hir dowtyr in lawe was schreuyn, þe good man whech was confessowr to hem bothyn..seyd, 'Ho schal gon wyth ȝowr dowtyr to þe see-syde?'
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)129 : Dostyr [vr. dowter] in lawe: Nurus.