Middle English Dictionary Entry
maideux interj.
Entry Info
| Forms | maideux interj. Also madeus, maidese. |
| Etymology | OF m'aide deus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
So help me God; so ~.
Associated quotations
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4446 : Ȝe couett..And thristis eftir all thingis..And all sall leue ȝow at þe laste..And maydese ȝit, for all your molle þat modire ws cried, Þat fourmed þe flode & þe flynt & þe faire lyndis.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5024 : 'So maideux,' quod þe mone-tree, 'þi meere bees na langir Bot out þis anlepi ȝere.'
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)729 : 'So madeus,' quod þis oþer man, 'þou mellys me þe sothe.'