eue - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

eue n.(1)

Forms	eue n.(1) Also ewe, hewe, awe, owe, yeue, yowe, yoo. Pl. euen, ouen, eues, youes.
Etymology	OE ēowu (pl. -a), ēwe (pl. -an).

A female sheep; mother sheep.

c1300 Body & S.(5) (LdMisc 108)p.43 : I scholde have ben dumb as a schep Or as a nouwe.
a1300 Svmer is icumen (Hrl 978)6 : Svmer is icumen in..Awe bleteþ after lomb.
c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)405 : Ram blismyth a yeue.
(1375) Award Blount in ORS 7205 : xxti Ewys and xxti weders.
(1381) Doc.in Morsbach Origurk.4 : VII Ewen and VII Rames.
(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)264a/b : Fleissh of lambren and of owen.
(a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)263b/b : It is þe kynde of þe ram for to noye þe lambren and to folowe þe ewen.
(1447) Let.Coldingham in Sur.Soc.12160 : Profetts commyng both of the yowez and ky.
a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)1426 : And þogh þer be ful many a vicious hewe Vnder his cure.
?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)67/22 : Take the galle of j eu.
(1451) Lin.DDoc.51/9 : x schepe, halfe wedyrs, halfe yowes.
a1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)42 : What approumentes ye shall haue off your kyne & ewene in chese and butur.
?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)758/9 : Hec verbica: a hew.
a1525(?1474) Cov.Leet Bk.398 : Þat he sle..no Ewye that is on Rammyng nor grete with lambe.
1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)133/30 : For be yt wedder or be yt yoo, I shall heale them on a thraw.

(a) eue cote, sheepfold; (b) ~ lamb, female lamb; (c) ~ milk; (d) ~ shep, ewe; (e) ~ herde, owherd, shepherd.

(1459-60) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100320 : Pro emendacione unius muri juxta le yowecote.

c1175 Stw.57 Gloss.(Stw 57)411 : Agnus, lomb .i. angel uel Agna, ewelomb.
a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Gen.21.28 : Seuene ewe lambren [WB(1): she lambis] of the flok.
a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)1224 : A calf aȝen kynde calued in þe temple, & eued an ewe-lombe [vrr. an ewe euede; an ewe was euedde] at offryng-tyme.
?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)758/11 : Hec erna: a hewlambe.