Middle English Dictionary Entry
Jēsū̆ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Jēsū̆ n. Also jhesu, jesew & jēsū̆s, jhesus, jhesuc, jehesus & jēsū̆m, jhesum & (early gen.) jesuse, jesuses, jesues & (error) jesse. |
| Etymology | L Jēsus (voc. Jēsu, acc. Jēsum) & IHC, IHS; from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Jesus of Nazareth, Christ; ~ (oure) lord, oure) lord ~; (b) ~ crist, crist ~, Jesus Christ, the Messiah; ~ crist oure (thi) lord, oure) lord ~ crist, the lord ~ crist; (c) faith in Christ, Christianity; til ~ ward, toward perfection; (d) with special attention to etymology: the Savior; (e) in oaths & exclamations (pious & otherwise): a ~ (crist, swete ~ (crist, crist ~, ~ lord, ~ merci, ~ defende us, ~ crist oure helpe be, bi ~, bi swete ~, for ~ sake (love), in name of ~.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)pref.29 : Jesuss iss Amminadab.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12776 : Jesum, þatt mannkinn affterr ȝerneþþ..Himm hafe we nu fundenn.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)616 : Swete, softe Iesu, alre smelle swotest!
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)178/2 : Þe þridde to ihongede wið hare gode wil o iesuse rode.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)186/27 : Hu beot he bitterliche his deorewurðe sune, iesu, ure lauerd.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)206/7 : Ha..þurhfulleð onont hire iesues pine o rode.
- a1250 Orison Lord (Lamb 487)189 : Þo mai ihesu þis baldeliche segge to þe.
- a1275 Leuedie ic þenke (Trin-C B.14.39)8 : Of þe..was iesus iboren.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)184 : Ihesuc heom to seyde, 'lo ich hit em.'
- a1350 Iesu crist heouene kyng (Hrl 2253)14 : One þat is so suete a þing þat ber Iesse, þe heuene kyng, merci y besohte.
- a1350 Mayden moder (Hrl 2253)17 : Þo Iudas Iesum founde donque ly beysa.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)123/250 : Hi seȝ ihesus..Op in-to heuene steȝe.
- 1372 In bedlem is (Adv 18.7.21)65 : Þe Iewes spoken of ihesus.
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.359 : How many wondres Iesu for hem wroghte.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pri.(Manly-Rickert)B.1793 : Iesu of his grace Yaf in hir thought..That..after hir sone she cryde.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.1904 : Oure lord Iesu..Yaf vs ensample.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.1921 : Oure swete lord Iesus Spak this by freres.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19343 : Vr eldrin godd did iesu [Phys-E: ihesum] rise.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19622 : Bot i hatt iesus [Frf: ihesus; Phys-E: ihesum] nazaren.
- a1400 Ffadur and sone (RwlLtrg g.2)55 : Ihesu lord, he me wise & rede.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)16.150 : So was with iudas..þat Ihesus bytrayed.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1868 : So make us, Jesus, for thi mercy digne.
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)4.294 : He hathe of Ihesus worthyly the name.
- a1456(a1402) *Trev.Nicod.(Add 16165)96a : Þe baners boweþe in þe comyng Inne of Iehesus.
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.9 (Hrl 2169)176 : The armys of oure lord Jesew cryst after the forme of the passyon.
- c1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Tbr A.7)22304 : That blessed holy mayde..That bare Ihesu.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)22 : Þe Synagoge of þe Sonne was sett to oure Lady, Jubiter and Jono to Jhesu oþer to James.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)180 : Jhesus has juggit today his joy to be schewyde.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.285 : Þe Laferrd Jesu Crist..mihhte..Seffne godnessess shæwenn.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1356 : Forr Jesu Crist iss ful iwiss Soþ Godd i Goddcunndnesse.
- a1225 Seinte marie clane (Roy 5.F.7)2 : Sainte marie uirgine, moder ihesu cristes nazarene..help þin godric.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)707 : & tu schalt..libben..wið Iesu Crist þi lauerd..in heouene.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)1611 : Cwen, icoren of Iesu Crist, beo nu stalewurðe.
- a1250 Ancr.(Tit D.18)3/20 : Te soðe sunne, þet is, iesu crist, haues utewið forculed ow.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)157/32 : Iesu cristes rode.
- a1250 Ancr.(Nero A.14)165/34 : Iesu crist ure louerd.
- a1275 Louerd asse þu ard (Trin-C B.14.39)176 : Þo wunden hei Iesum crist in clences bitrent.
- a1275 Louerd asse þu ard (Trin-C B.14.39)191 : Herodes..hescet wer iesus crist sulde ben iboren.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)83 : Forsaket ðore satanas..Takeð him to ihesu crist.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)83/111 : Atte none ihesu cryst Þane harde deaþ felde.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.698 : He seyde he hadde a gobet of the seyl That Seint Peter hadde whan that he wente Vp on the see til Iesu Crist hym hente.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2265 : Oure lord Iesu Crist whan he was risen..appered rather to a womman than to his apostles.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.246 : The curteys lord Iesu Crist ne wole that no good werk be lost.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.1821 : To yelden Iesu crist his propre rente.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8924 : Þis womman..martird was for ihesu crist [Trin-C: crist iesu].
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.5487 : At þe birþe and natiuite Of Crist Iesu..Alle þe ydoles brast.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)81/4 : Longeys let our lord Jesu Criȝst blod.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)4724 : And yiff he haue off Cryst Ihesu Any maner Remembraunce.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)52/16 : Ȝe han herd how oure Lord Ihesu Crist þis day was schewed.
c
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)7186 : The synfull folk converte, And hem to Jesus Crist reverte.
- a1425 Cursor (Glb E.9)27863 : Werdes welth here to for-sake, And vnto Iesum crist þe take.
- a1450(?1348) Rolle FLiving (Cmb Dd.5.64)96/1 : [I] wyll þat þou be ay clymbande tyll Jhesu-warde.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)4/31 : A knyght Cristen..the whiche all way had his hertt and thoght vnto Ihesu Criste.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.1.2a : Gostely suster in Ihesu Crist, I preie..þou halde..þe stat þe whilke þou haste taken.
d
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)14/11,13 : Ðe Hælend wæs ihaten..Iesus from þam halȝan engle..for þan ðe Iesus is Hælend icwæden.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2216 : Ȝho shollde nemmnenn himm Jesus, þatt iss, Hælennde.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3045 : Þu nemmnenn shallt tatt illke child Jesumm..Forr þatt he shall hiss aȝhenn follc Off þeȝȝre sinness hælenn.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)3054 : Jesusess name nemmnedd iss Hælennde onn Enngliss spæche.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)p.185 : Y shal gladen in Iesum, mi God [L in Deo Jesu meo].
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Hab.3.18 : Y shal ioye with outeforth in God my Jhesu.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.285 : Iesu is to seyn Saueour or Sauacioun, on whom men shal hope to haue foryifnesse of synnes.
e
- a1250 Wooing Lord (Tit D.18)271 : A Ihesu, swete ihesu, leoue þat te luue of þe beo al mi likinge.
- ?c1350 Swete ihu cryst (BodLtrg 104)1 : Swete ihesu cryst, goddis sone of lyue, Þin passion..Beelde us houre sinful soules in þin iugement.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)692 : A! ihesu crist, iustise, now iugge þouȝ þe riȝt.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1724 : No man..miȝt oþer perceyue but sche a bere were..bi ihesu of heuen.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3464 : He shal be rated of his studiyng, If that I may, by Iesus heuene kyng.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3711 : I loue another..Wel bet than thee, by Iesu, Absolon.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fri.(Manly-Rickert)D.1590 : 'Now lord,' quod she, 'crist Iesu, kyng of kynges, So wisly helpe me, as I ne may.'
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.967 : He that semeth the wisest, by Iesus, Is moost fool whan it comth to the preef.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)3.145 : Be Iesu [B: Bi ihesus], wiþ hire Iuelx ȝoure Iustice she shendiþ.
- a1425 Assump.Virg.(1) (Add 10036)12 : Now ihesu cryst oure helpe be!
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)4550 : Ihesu Lord! what thei were glad, When thei here noble leder had!
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)634 : Þei gunne sore calle In name of Ihesu..That he schuld brynge to loue & concord.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)1038 : Þe fadir..Prayed oure Norbert for Iesu sake That he wold..Haue pite.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)32/3 : Jesu defende us from dethe!
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)312/28 : A, Jesu! mervayle have I..what maner a man ye be.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)326/17 : Jesu mercy!..we mervayle muche of what bloode he is com.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)1382 : I wyll desire no more, But it be, for Iesu is sake, A poynt of armes for to take.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)1447 : Gentilmen, made [read: make] chere good, For Iesu love that died on Rood.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)988 : He schall forþynk þat comyth to vs, I swere be swete Ihesus.