Middle English Dictionary Entry
jūwīs(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | jūwīs(e n. Also juis(e, jwise, jouise, juwes(se, jewesse, jues(se, jwes(se, jeuis(e, geuis, jeues(se, geues, (errors) jugise, jewres. |
| Etymology | OF jüise, jüisse, jöis(e. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A judicial sentence, punishment; also, damnation; (b) beren (taken) ~, ben put to ~, to suffer a penalty, be punished; don ~, pass sentence, decree or administer punishment; don to ~, bring (sb.) to justice, punish (sb.); don ~ on (upon), taken ~ upon, sentence (sb.), punish (sb.); taken ~ of, ?be punished by loss of (bodily members), ?punish (sb.) by loss of (members).
Associated quotations
a
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1739 : Wherfore I axe deeth and my iuwise [vrr. Iuyse, Iwise, Iwes, Iwesse, Iustise].
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)32/405 : Whon þis kniht Touward his juwyse was idiht, Þe maiden to þat place ron.
- c1390 Marie Mayden (Vrn)46 : Þe Iewes, þei Iugged his Iuwys.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.1042 : And every man schal thanne arise To Joie or elles to Juise.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1047 : Of this point such was the juise, Bot of the Duck was other wise.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.2904 : Avise him, if he wolde flitte The lawe for the coveitise, Ther sih he redi his juise.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)6776 : Þe leste of þys [sins] Myȝt brynge a man to Iuwys.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.333 : Þe traytours..þei suld to þe Jewise whan þei þe toun had taken.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)224 : Þenne nas no coumfort to keuer, ne counsel non oþer, Bot Ionas into his juis jugge bylyue.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)21.427 : Ther a þeof þoly sholde deþ oþer Iuwes [vrr. Iuwise, iewise, Iewesse, Iewis].
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)222/22 : Resoun wolde also þat ȝe shulde ben hongede; but þe Kyng haþ forȝeue þat gewys [vr. gewes] for cause and loue of ȝour lynage.
- (1418) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)96/28 : Aftir þe execucion of þis iewesse, the thrid market day to be led fro þis pilory to Newgate.
- a1425(a1400) Titus & V.(Pep 2014)650 : He myȝt noȝt him exscuse in no wyse Of þat ylke false Jewyse.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)20185 : Of þar iuesse was na duelling: Of galwes þai wer dampned to hing.
- (?a1430) Hoccl.Ad Filium (Hnt HM 744)2 : Chyld Iesu what haast thow do Þat for vs shuldist souffre swich Iewyse?
- c1436 Ipswich Domesday(2) (Add 25011)143 : Ther the jues [F juyse] may ben awarded after lawe and usage of the same toun.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)4898 : Whan she brouht was on-to þe place Of her iewes by decollacyoun..She preyid god hertly.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)7279 : Þe tormentours hyr lede towert þe plaas Where she shulde receyūyn hyr iuwesse.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)23a : Anoþer ȝate þere moot be made in þe west or elles behinde þe firste ȝate, þorgh whiche þei þat trespassiþ in þe ooste schuln be lad to here Jewys.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)44.592 : On bothe knes the kyng fyl tho; for non power he ne hadde to Ryse, So nyghe was he to his Iwyse.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)1872 : Ȝif they Spoken ony More, the same jewys scholden they han thore.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)2679 : Whan þe knoulech of þis false iowyse [vr. iewyse] Was comyn vnto þe kynges audience, Þis dome he ȝafe.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)53/32 : He þat sleeþ a man þat schulde þoruȝ kynde lyue but a ȝeer schal be demed to juesse & to deeþ as mansleer.
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)339/3 : Þe laddene me despitouslye owt of þe cytee vn-to þe place of Juwes, where þei hengene me bytwix two thefes.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Christina Mirab.(Dc 114)122/41 : She bowed hir leggys & armes in whelis, in þe whiche þeues were wonte to haue her iewesse.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)528 : Ther trespassers shal go to their juesse.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)69.192 (v.2:p.40) : Whan he went to his iewesse he made a preyer .. and forthwith, withoute more, he was hefdid.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.341 : Þer nas rial of þe rewme þat hem durste rebuke, Ne juge ne justice þat jewis durste hem deme.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)193 : Thenne they brought hym unto the Standard in Cheppe, and there he ressayvyd hys jewys and hys dethe.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)35 : That the Clerkes haue the same Iuyse that thei hadde ordeyned for me.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)1191 : I sall seche Iewres on þe Iewes.
b
- (c1391) Gower CA Suppl.(Bod 294)7.3150* : What man scholde do juise And hath not pite forth with al, The doom of him which demeth al He may himself fulsore drede.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.322 : Bot al that mihte him noght suffise, That he ne bad to do juise Upon the child.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.2008 : He preide Unto the goddes there and seide That thei the juggement devise, How sche schal take the juise.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.2142 : The goddes in his charge Comanded him in such a wise His oghne hond to do juise.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.2209 : Bot now to speke of the juise The which..Was take upon this Emperour.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.5269 : Non other grace ther ne geth, Bot forto take the juise.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1606 : Men scholde don hem to juise.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.3284 : Tiberius..for Leonce in such a wise Ordeigneth, that he tok juise Of nase and lippes bothe tuo.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)7794 : Satan comaunded, for hys seruyse, He shuld be put to hys Iuwyse.
- a1400 Usages Win.(Win-HRO W/A3/1)p.64 : Whanne þe ferþyng-lof is in defawte of wyȝte ouer þre shyllynges, þe bakere shal bere þe juwyse of þe town [F porte le juwise de la vile].
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.270 : Þe kyng wrote his lettere agayn to þe Justise Þat he wist non bettere bot do him to Juwise.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)136/2 : We mowe go togidir..to take oure iewesse as we han disserued.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)2127 : To-morn I mun bere my jewyse, Als my famen wil devise.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)25.328 : Thanne this tyraunt gan vp to Rise To sen this Child taken his I-wise.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)42.549 : But ȝif þe maister of ȝoure lawe Can him defende, Swich Iewyse On hym Schal I do that it schal be spoken Of for Evere Mo.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)55.148 : But ȝe holden ȝoure promys, On ȝow I schal don ful hard Iewys.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)266 : Assembled þe senatours..To iugge who jewes myȝt best vpon þe Jewys take.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)349 : Eche whiȝt..Jewyse for Iesu Crist by juggement to take.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)34/6 : Þe wikkede iustises þat sparen hem and suffren hem for ȝiftes..ne wole not or durre not do hem to þe iuesse.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)190/5680 : Yet must me doo to like myn entirprise And more to take in gree myn owen Iewise.
- a1500 ?Ros Belle Dame (Cmb Ff.1.6)622 : All-be-hit so, on do so gret offence, And be not dede, nor put to no Iuyse, Ryght wele I wot, hym gayneth no deffence.
2.
Pain, torment; the Cross as an instrument of pain.
Associated quotations
- a1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)577 : Cryste bereþ hys owne Iuwyse; Y fynde nat þat þe þeues ded þe same wyse.
- a1450(?1420) Lydg.TG (Tan 346)238 : Whi wil god don so gret a cruelte To eny man..To maken him so mych wo endure For hir percaas whom he shal in no wise Reioise neuer, but so forþ in Iewise Ledin his life til þat he be graue.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)10/291 : Y haue knowlechyng As of yowre bond the rage and gret Iuyse.
3.
Judgment, justice; on ~, ?in the name of justice; dai of ~, Judgment Day.
Associated quotations
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.795 : The kyng comaundeth his constable anon Vp peyne of hangyng and on heigh iuyse [vr. Iewys] That he ne sholde suffren in no wyse Custance in with his regne for tabyde.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)6106 : And þarfor men may calle þat day..Þe day of iugements and of Iuwys.
- a1450(?a1349) ?Rolle Mercy es maste (Cmb Dd.5.64)22 : With þi mercy my sawle anoynt, when I sal come to þi jugise.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1500 Castle Love(3) (Ashm 61)326 : Seth I ame Ryght, and þou hast me, As Soth it seys, it muste be, For Ryght wyll in non wyse That seruant wer in unyse.
- c1500 Castle Love(3) (Ashm 61)412 : Thys seruant onne non wyse May be leuyd in þat vnyse; Wiþouten my syster Mersy and me Iugement may non gyuen be.
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