Middle English Dictionary Entry
Jeuerī(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Jeuerī(e n. Also jeuri(e, jueri(e, juri(e, juweri(e, jouerie, iwri, giw(e)rie & jeurẹ̄, jure. |
| Etymology | AF jeuerie, jewry, gyuerie & CF jüerie. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The Jewish people, Jews; (b) the Jewish religion, Judaism; (c) Jews as moneylenders.
Associated quotations
a
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)7/15 : Þis word zeterday, þet þe iurie clepeþ sabat, is ase moche worþ ase reste.
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)3196 : Obout þai band a sudary Als custom was in þe Iewry [Hrl: iury; L Judaeis].
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.247 : Now comes a new pleynt to destroie þe Juerie.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)4509 : Þai sal turne þe Iewery Until right cristendom.
- c1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 2.14 : Men of Iewry [L viri Judaei], & alle þat dwellen in Ierusalem, þis þinge be knowen vnto ȝowe.
- c1440(?a1400) ?Nassyngton Trin.& U.(Thrn)259 : Thow suffirde many repreues..Bathe on þe thefe that hange on þi lefte syde, And of othire maysters of þe Iewry.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1546 : Iustis of iewry & iogis of þe lawe.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)100 : In þis maner wer þer þre sectis among þe Jury: Phariseis and Esseis and Saduceis.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)224/640 : Most gentyll of Iure to me that I fynde.
- a1500 Away ffeynt (RwlPoet 34)74 : That lady vyctoryus..the Iuery sche sauyd fro captyuite.
- a1500 Qwan crist was borne (StJ-C S.54)14 : iij kyngys..askyd hym of..þe chyld..þat schud be kyng of all Iury.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Gal.1.13,14 : Ȝe herden my lyuynge sum tyme in the Juwerie [L Judaismo]..And I profitide in Jurye aboue many myn euene eeldis in my kyn.
- (c1391) Gower CA Suppl.(Hnt EL 26.A.17)7.3292* : I thenke also for mi partie Upon the lawe of Iurie [vrr. Iuerie, Iewerie] To worche and do mi duete.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)69 : The Cristen whiche at Rome were conuertid fro Iewry into Cristenhode.
- a1450 SLeg.Suppl.Bod.(Bod 779)346/3 : Al his kyn by-leued al on þe gywerye.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)68b : Iury..hic Iudeismus est ritus iudeorum.
c
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)200/6 : Ne teleð me him god fere þe leið his wed i giwerie [Tit: igiwrie; Recl.: jewrie] to acwitin ut his fere?
- ?a1450 Add.Mir.Virg.(Add 39996)363/8 : He most creance nedely Siluer in þe Jewerye.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)456/32 : Hit shold not be lawfull to the said Iohn..to leye to wedde the seid mese in Iuery.
2.
(a) The land of Judea, the southernmost of the three districts into which, under the Roman Empire, Palestine west of the Jordan was divided; ~ lond, Judea; to ~ ward, toward or near Judea; (b) Galilee and Judea together; (c) the Jewish quarter of a city, the ghetto.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) Prol.Luke(1) (Dc 369(2))4.141 : The gospels weren writun, by Matheu forsothe in Jewerie [WB(2): Judee], by Mark sothli in Ytalie.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.89 : Þis Nabugodonosor..wente into Iuda, þat is þe Iewerie [Higd.(2): Iewery], and took Ierusalem.
- c1390(c1350) NHom.(2) PSanct.(Vrn)99/95 : Þis scheweþ þat not in Juweri Al-holly churche schulde not onli Take byginnynge.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)166a/b : Samaria is a cuntre of palestyne and..is to Jewriward [L iudee vicina].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)174b/b : He made also þe Jurye [L iudeam] þral.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)Mat.2.1 : Iesus was bore in Bethlem of þe Iewery [L Juda] in þe dayes of kyng Heroude.
- c1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 10.39 : We ben wytnes of alle þinges þat he did in þo Iewrye ande Ierusalem.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)7.78 : First in Iurie he [Herod] was kyng.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)31.330 : The cros that Crist was on Crucified In Ivrie londe.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)130/127 : Herod:..I am juge of all Jury.
- c1470(?1458) Wey Jerus.(Bod 565)p.13 : In the monteynys of Jury ys a place Where Phylyp wylyd Eunvke of Candas.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)1.103 : Iudea, whiche is callede the Iewery, is a region of Syria.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)f.72vb : Sennacheryb retorned, fleyng the plaghe, fro the Jewery [L (Vulg.Tob.1.21): Iudaea], that God hath sente hym for hys blasphemye.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)48/26 : Ierusalem, þat ys þe hed-cyte of Iewre.
b
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.7/11 : Whan herode..was deed, by the Angle he was commaunded to returne aȝen in-to Iurye [Mat.2.20: in terram Israel].
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.46 : Crist callid out of Egipt repaired in Jewerie thanne.
c
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9920 : Mani a wilde hine..wende in to þe gywerie..& robbede & barnde hous & manie of hom slowe.
- (1349) Cart.Oseney in OHS 89367 : In parochia sancti Edwardi in Parua Iuwerye.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pri.(Manly-Rickert)B.1679 : Ther was in Asye, in a greet citee Amonges cristen folk, a Iewerye Sustened by a lord of that contree For foul vsure and lucre of vileynye.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pri.(Manly-Rickert)B.1741 : Thurgh out the Iuerye This litel child..wolde..synge..O Alma redemptoris euere mo.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.224 : Þorghout þe Juery þei robbed þam & slouh.
- (1425-6) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.190/1552 : John Stone, atte Rose yn þe olde Jurye.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)267 : Ivrye [Win: Iwry], where Ivys dwelle..Judaismus.
3.
In surnames & place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.1].
Associated quotations
- (1487-8) Leet R.Norwich in Seld.Soc.57 : Johannes de la Jurye, taverner.
- (1327) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10130 : Rico ate Jewerye.
- (1332) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10253 : Rico atte Giwerye.
- (1332) Sub.R.Nrf.in Nrf.Archaeol.16189 : Johanne de la Jowerye.
- (a1410) Liber Albus Oxf.44 : [It was bounded..partly by the tenement of John Yrysche and partly by] le Jury lane.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)1230 : A ȝhong child borne suld be & callyd kyng of jury.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)2025 : Þai to a cyte come Was in þe land of Jury.
Note: Additional quote(s) for 1.(a)--per SMK
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)3288 : Sex gret water pottes stude þar, Þat for purificacon ordand war By þe law of Iewry.
Note: Additional quote(s) for 1.(b)--per SMK
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)1262 : Herod dide calle þe wysest men of þe Jewry all.
- c1400 St.Anne(1) (Min-U Z.822.N.81)2849 : Þer dwelt þe wysest men…Þat was in all þer Iewrye.
Note: Additional quote(s) for 2.(a)--per SMK