Middle English Dictionary Entry
Jeues(se n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Jeues(se n. Also jues(se, juwesse & gywes. |
| Etymology | OF jüiesse, fem. of jüif. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A Jewish woman, Jewess; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390 Susan.(Vrn)41 : Þus þis dredful demers on daies þider drewe Al for gentrise and Ioye of that Iuwesse [vrr. Jewesse, Jues].
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.2694 : Salomon was noght withoute..an hundred..Of wyves and of Concubines, Juesses bothe and Sarazines.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Deeds 16.1 : Timothe, the sone of a Jewesse [L mulieris judææ] cristen, and of the fadir hethen.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)266 : Iewesse [vr. Ivesse]: Judea.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)437/1 : The forsaid Iohn..defended the said iiij d. of yerely rent to the forsaid maister Thomas..ayenst all peple, men and women, bothe Iewes, Iewesses, and cristen men.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)3234 : And hor moder was a Iewes.
b
- (1299) Court R.Ramsey177 : Christina Gywes.