Middle English Dictionary Entry
jū̆ǧen v.
Entry Info
Forms | jū̆ǧen v. Also juge, jugge(n, jugi, juggi(e, jouge, jeuge, (error) jugegy & yugge. P.ppl. juǧed, etc. & ijuǧed, ijuǧet. |
Etymology | AF juger; cp. CF jugier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To try (sb.) in a court of law; judge between or concerning (persons); bring (sb., sins) to judgment on the last day; of God: judge (sb.); ~ commune laue, administer the common law; (b) to pass judgment on (sb.); (c) to act as umpire of a tournament.
Associated quotations
a
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1234 : Þe king hurde þis, þat he ne miȝte bi no lawe Iugi [vrr. Iugge, Iuge] him þat his neueu broȝte of lifdawe.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)138/28 : Iob zayþ þet god is þe uader to þe poure and ham heþ y-yeue miȝte oþren to iuggi.
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)36.35 : Our Lord..ne shal nouȝt dampne him, as he haþ iugod hym [L cum judicabitur illi].
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))John 12.48 : He that dispisith me..hath him that schal iuge [L judicet] him; the word..schal deme him in the laste day.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2221 : And eek men seyn that thilke iuge is wys that soone vnderstondeth a matere and iuggeth [vr. Iugeþ] by leyser.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Ph.(Manly-Rickert)C.228 : Thus hath he falsly iuged thee to day.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.165 : Nat oonly that oure defautes shullen be iuged [vrr. Iugged, Iugit, y-Iuged], but eek that alle oure werkes shullen openly be knowe.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.2825 : Thei that wolden stonde upriht..Preferred were..To deme and jugge commun lawe.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.2906 : Thus in defalte of other jugge, The king mot otherwhile jugge, To holden up the rihte lawe.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)p.494 head. : How ij wemmen ware iugged for a childe þe tane slogh in hir bedde.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)14.287 : Or as iustyce to iugge [C: Iuge] men, enioigned is no pore.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)804 : So closed he hys mouth fro vch query, Quen Juez hym iugged in Jerusalem.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)61/17 : A stones cast fro þat chapell is anoþer chapell where oure lord was jugged [F fuist juggez au mort].
- ?a1450(?1350-75) Pass.Christi in Norris Anc.Corn.Drama (Bod 791)815 : Dyth brues y wregh ysethe ol an bys-ma rak iugge, pup ol herwyth y ober.
- ?a1450(?1350-75) Pass.Christi in Norris Anc.Corn.Drama (Bod 791)1333 : Ha why a'n guylvyth certan yn yer worth agas yugge.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)172 : Pilat prouost was made, suche a prince to jugge.
- c1400 Interpol.Rolle Cant.(1) (Bod 288)54 : Þou art bileeved to come for to juge at þe laste day.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)52 : In the eyhtthe, steyn in to heuene and on the riht half of his fader sett for to iuge the quike and the dede.
b
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)183/89 : Þe baillifs..stoden and Iuggeden hire a-mong heom alle, þat quelle heo wolden hire sone.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Col.2.16 : Therfore no man iuge [L judicet] ȝou in mete or drynke.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)2.94 : Glotonye he gaf hem eke..to drynke at dyuerse tauernes, And there to iangle and to iape and iugge here euene cristene.
- a1450(c1400) Wor.Serm.(Wor F.10)38/543 : Stond nat in halkis nor in hyrnes..demyng þi neȝebours &..iuggyng þi souerein.
c
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1108/1 : And there were olde knyghtes set on skaffoldys for to jouge with the quene who ded beste.
2.
(a) To inflict a penalty on (sb.), condemn, punish; (b) ~ to, to condemn (sb.) to (death, hanging, burning, prison, hell, etc.); also, assign (the righteous) to (bliss, heaven); ~ into, send (sb.) to (his punishment); (c) with inf.: to condemn (sb.) to (die, remain in torture); condemn (sb.) to (be killed, burned, stoned, hanged, etc.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)457 : He þat nele no merci haue..He shal ben iuged..wid-oute merci.
- c1330(?c1300) Spec.Guy (Auch)482 : Man, riht þere as i þe finde, Riht þere i wole þe iuge and binde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9661 : He did þam misdo communli, Bot dom þan com foluand in hi, and Iuged þam in sothfast truth, Witvten merci, witvten reuth.
- a1450 Mandev.(3) (BodeMus 116)65/9 : He shal..takyn hese frendys and ledyn hem to ioye withoutyn ende, and iuge the wekede men withoutyn ende.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)5/29 : He is drawen & iugide, as a þeef owiþ to be, to his doom.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)390/320 : Vnto my dome I schall þame drawe, And juge þame worse þanne any Jewe.
- ?a1450(?1350-75) Pass.Christi in Norris Anc.Corn.Drama (Bod 791)1979 : Ytho why kemereugh e, ha herwyth agas laha ha concyans guregh y iuggye.
b
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)196/92 : Twei men þat hire Iuggeden to deþe aslawe weren with þe walle.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)224 : Þenne nas no coumfort to keuer, ne counsel non oþer, But Ionas in-to his juis jugge bylyue.
- ?a1450(?c1400) Wycl.LFCatech.(Lamb 408)17/301 : At þe laste he schal come doun here to man, and jugge sum to blysse and oþer to helle.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)190 : Thomas was juged to drawying, hanging, an hedyng.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)292 : A strong theef and loksmyth..he was juged to the deth.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)776/25 : Sir Palomydes was jowged to his dethe.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1171/15 : The kyng woll in thys hete and malice jouge the quene unto brennyng.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.291 : He [Socrates] was iuggede to prison, and poysonede in prison.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apost.(Dub 245)440 : Ilche of us shal wite wheþer we..be jugid to hevene or to helle.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Test.(Hrl 218)834 : Se how that I was Iuged to the deth.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)188 : We wot not..Queþer art þou joyned to joy oþer juggid to pyne.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)15 : Ye shull neuer be Iuged to deth for my cause.
c
- a1350 Flem.Insur.(Hrl 2253)55 : Þe barouns of fraunce þider conne gon..to iugge þe flemmisshe to bernen ant to slon.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)118/101 : Ha nolde nauȝt he were aslawe, Ne forþe y-iuged by þe lawe To by stend wyþ stone.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2877 : Iulyus & Ioatall ware juggede to dy.
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)1118 : God þat juge is of joie haþ jugged ȝou alle To lenge aftur ȝour lif in lastinge paine.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)108/22 : They juged hym for ever whyle he lyved to be with all ladyes and to fyght for hir quarels.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)289/525 : Ȝyf þou jewge hym to be dede, Þou art dampnyd withowtyn ende.
- a1500 Play Sacr.(Dub 652)367 : Theron he was jugett to be hangyd as a thefe.
3.
(a) To make a decision; decide (to do sth., that sb. shall do sth., that sth. shall be or happen, that sth. is true, who shall do or have sth., etc.); (b) to adjudge (sth. to sb.), assign, allot; assign (sb. to be married to sb.); ~ in joie, assign (persons) to happiness.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 SLeg.(Corp-C 145)22/89 : Þe baillifs..stod & iuggede among hom to bringe hure to deþe sone.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)2597,2599 : An þo was iugged..Bi heiȝe mennes conseyl, Þe king was iugged Ygerne to spouse.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)692 : Ihesu crist, iustise, now iugge þouȝ þe riȝt.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)1005 : Kyng Philipp..Ofsent erle, duk, kniȝth, and baroun, Þat juggeden [LinI: iugeþ] alle hem bitwene Olympyas ne shulde be quene.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)23.29 : And spiritus iusticie shal Iugen, wol he, nul he, After þe kynges counsaile.
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)56/16 : Nou hadden þe Jewes jugged amonges hem þat who so were biknowe þat Jesus was Crist, þat he schulde be done out of her synagoge.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.2977 : Iuge now ariȝt Ȝif euere he slowe any worþi knyȝt.
- a1425(?c1384) Wycl.Church (Bod 788)344 : Holde we us in bondis of bileve..and juge we not here folili.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.304 : Crist forsook to juge in temporal goodis.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.2.89 : The whiche delit oonly considered Epicurus, and juggid and establissyde [L constituit] that delyt is the soverayn good.
- ?a1425 Const.Masonry(1) (Roy 17.A.1)p.263 : Thys same artycul yn thys casse Juggyth the prentes to take lasse Thenne hys felows that ben ful perfyt.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)266 : Assembled þe senatours..To iugge who jewes myȝt best vpon þe Jewys take.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)101/6 : Thenne the kynge iuged that the child shold be gyuen to her that wold haue hym to be saued.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)147/21 : Yett woll I juge..woll I that ye geff unto youre brother all the hole maner.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)175/422 : Anoder man þat most Jugegy Whyche shall have þis Juell.
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)176/444 : Þou art þe trewest knyght, And all þyng þou Jugest ryght.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)180 : Jhesus has juggit today his joy to be schewyde.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)4.9.60b : So wil no wight iuge þat to reason hath ony rewarde.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)26/42 : After the sawes of the wyse, 'thou shalt not juge ne deme toforn thou knowe'.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.181 : Cesar is i-made consul, and Gallia was iuged to hym [L decreta est ei Gallia].
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)2.101 : And ȝif þe iustice iugge hire to be ioyned with fals, Ȝet be war of þe weddyng.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)2.121 : He grauntiþ to gon..To lundoun to loke ȝif þat lawe wolde Iuggen ȝow ioyntly in ioye for euere.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1856 : Hit were a juel for þe joparde þat hym iugged were.
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)137 : But in such reconisaunce maad in court or out of court with out proces of ple ne be tho damages taxed, ne iuged to the axand.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2407 : Yf þou Juge it to Jono, this ioye shall þou haue.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2664 : Demed I any of my douth ser darye to spill, As ȝe þis gentill man enioyne suld him be iugid þen.
4.
(a) To judge (sb. or sth.) to be (sth.); regard (sb.) as (pure, a companion of Judas), consider (a wound) to be (mortal), etc.; ~ to ben don, decide that (sth.) needs to be done; (b) ~ for, ~ as for, judge or consider (sb.) to be (sth.); condemn (sb.) as (an enemy), esteem (sb.) as (able), etc.
Associated quotations
a
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)251 : Cum þou hider, Iosaphe, for þou art Iugget clene.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)169/33 : Þanne þe wounde is iugid mortal.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)9.84 : Iuwes þat we iugge Iudas felawes, Ayther of hem helpeth other.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.7.84,85 : Thilke thyng that som men juggen worthy of preysynge, other folk juggen that it is worthy of torment.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.4.32 : Ne I ne mai nat for swiche honours juggen hem worthy of reverence.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.289 : And what he iuggeþ worth to be forsake, þat will he leuen and þat other take.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)27 : He is þus iugid and rettid of men, þow he be not so in soþnes.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)29/28 : It is forto, at sum while, whanne resoun iugiþ it to be doon..a man to dispreise him silf.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.45 : But Geta was i-iuged [vr. y-juget] for a comoun enemy and y-do to dethe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.6526 : We ben..Iuged for most able Of alle peples.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6308 : God jugged me for a thief trichour [F por larron m'a Diex jugie].
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)697 : Juno þe joilese ȝe juggen for noble.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)136/30 : Þe verray meke..iugeþ hymself as for a þef.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.277 : For good will þey noght iuggen it.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)4/13 : Neuere into þis daie was enye man holde, iugid, or condempnid for an errer or an heretyk.
5.
(a) To form an opinion, think, suppose; think or suppose (sth.); (b) to predict (sth.); predict concerning (sth.); (c) to interpret (a dream, laws); appraise (a jewel); examine (blood, urine) to make a diagnosis; (d) to make a distinction, distinguish; distinguish (sb.); ~ fro, distinguish (one thing) from (another); ~ bitwixe, distinguish between (things); (e) ?to perceive, understand, be aware.
Associated quotations
a
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)4154 : Some þoȝte & tolde wat þe bitokne was..Ac þe king ne Iugede [vr. demyd] noȝt þat it ssolde be so ydo.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)282/11 : Of þis ydropesie summen iugiþ liȝtli and seien, [etc.].
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1312 : But juggeth ye that han ben at the feste Of swich gladnesse, if that hem liste pleye!
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.1203 : He nyste what he juggen of it myghte.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.4.315 : The gessynge and the jugement of moche folk ne loken nothyng to the desertes of thynges..and jugen that oonly swiche thynges ben purveied of God, whiche that temporel welefulnesse commendeth.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.pr.7.32 : Yif ther were maked comparysoun of the erthe to the gretnesse of hevene, men wolde juggen in al that the erthe ne heelde no space.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.2.142 : I juge of the, ryght as thise leches ben wont to hopin of sike folk.
- a1550 *Norton OAlch.(BodeMus 63)1483 : Herevpon to iudge, ye may be bolde, nothinge is full wrought but by heat and cold.
b
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7082 : Þat child ek þo it was ibore..is honden boþe it nom Vol of þe poudre of þe erþe..Þo was it iIugged [vrr. yiuged, Iugged] þat he ssolde be..Hardi kniȝt & stalwarde.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9354 : Þe streng brac, & he [a box] vel adoun -- such signe nas noȝt god -- Me Iuggede wat it ssolde be to tokni þis cas, Þat þe king ssolde be ouercome.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)260 : By þe planetes and by þe sterren J can juggen alle þe werren.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)4868 : By þe mone and by þe sterren, Hij connen iugge alle werren.
c
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)64/9,15 : On oðer half, na mon ne mei iuggi wel blod ear hit beo icolet..Let þet hate acolin as deð þe wule iuggi [Tit: Iugi; Nero: iuggen] blod.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)7.161 : Þanne Iacob iugged [C: Iuged] iosephes sweuene.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)7 : Quere-so-euer I jugged gemmez gaye, I sette hyr sengeley in synglure.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.4952 : Peples rude..han affeccioun To Iuge and deme in her oppinioun Diuersly what þei [dreams] may pretende, And ofte falle & happen as þei wende.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)52b/b : His vryne may be iugid aftir þe complexioun of his body.
- c1425 Wycl.Antichr.(2) (Dub 245)p.cxliv : Þei syten in þe trones wiþ gloriouse myters jugyng & demyng her owne made lawes.
d
- (?1406) Hoccl.MR (Hnt HM 111)80 : He renneth brydilles As he þt nat betwixt hony and gall Can iuge, ne the werre fro the pees.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.21 : A blynd man kan nat juggen wel in hewis.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)596/5 : They were made frendys and sworne brethirne for ever, and no man cowde juge the bettir knyght.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)10/3 : He iugith and deemeþ bitwix þo þinges, whiche þingis noon oon outward witt may knowe.
e
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)29/4 : Whanne a mannys yȝe biholdiþ strongli vpon greet liȝt or hiȝe colouris, and turneþ sudeynli his yȝe fro..þilk colour..he schal iuge bi þe siȝt..of þilk coloure.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)93/29 : In part he tynys þe frendschipe of god, Iuge most he, & passys fro his wyl & leuys faith.
6.
To express an opinion; say (sth.), declare; tell (of sb. or sth.).
Associated quotations
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)prol.130 : Lewed men ne coude Iangle ne iugge, þat iustifie hem shulde, But suffren & seruen.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)1.183 : For Iames þe gentil iugged [C: suggeþ; vr. Iuggeþ] in his bokes That faith with-oute þe faite is riȝte no þinge worthi.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.9.208 : What juggestow that be now to done?
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.10.195 : 'Have I not jugged,' quod sche, 'that blisfulnesse is good?'
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)524 : I juge, of every folk, men shul oon calle To seyn the verdit for yow foules alle.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)422 : Of thre Iewes full gentill iugge we aftir.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)50/13 : Of aventure of armys ther may nooman iuge, they be so mervellous.
7.
(a) To rule (people, a country); be in power, govern; of a set of laws: prevail in (a territory); (b) fig. of nobleness: to rule (one's actions).
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7018 : Sarach, and wit him delbora, þai iuged [Trin-C: demed] fourti yeir or ma.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)19.471 : What I take of ȝow two, I take it atte techynge Of spiritus iusticie, for I iugge ȝow alle.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)20/20 : These IX provyncis of þe sowþe..where sum-tyme Jugyd wt lawe þe wch was clepid Westsaxenelega.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)283/346 : Herowde is kyng of þat countre, to jewge þat regyon in lenth and in brede.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)2.87 : These xv schires afore seide of the este and of the northe were iuggede [Trev.: were..i-gouerned and i-ruled; L judicabantur] somme tyme by a lawe whiche was callede Danelaga..viij mydelleschires and weste were iuggede..by the lawe of marches.
b
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)10360 : Hade monhode hym meuyt..Or gentilnes iugget iustly his werkes, Sum pytie hade pricket, his purpos to leue.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.57va (2.7) : Whan þe soule haþ þus descernede, i. dempte & iuggede, what is for to done and what for to leue, what to kepe & what to refuse, þo þinges þat ar for to done and for to kepe þe soule sendeþ hem forthe to þe memoratif.
Note: Additional quot. New spelling (pa. ppl.): iuggede.