Middle English Dictionary Entry
step-doughter n.
Entry Info
| Forms | step-doughter n. Also stepdouȝter, -doghter, -doutir, stappedoȝhter, stipdoutur, (early) stepdohter, steop-. |
| Etymology | OE stēop-dohtor, stēp-. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A daughter from a spouse's previous marriage.
Associated quotations
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)40/235 : Ða beweddede Cleophas Josephe..Marian, þæs hælendes moder, þe wæs his steopdohter.
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)538/6 : Fileaster: stepd[oh]ter.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.103 : Constancius..wedded Theodora, þe step-douȝter [Higd.(2): stappe-doȝhter; L privignam] of Herculeus Maximianus.
- a1425 Roy.17.C.17 Nominale (Roy 17.C.17)671/10 : Preuigna: stepdoghter; filiaster, idem est.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)605/5 : Privigna: a stypdowtur.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)451 : We moste a litill turne for to speke of Gonnore, the stepdoughter of Cleodalis.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)56/ 289b : Filiastra, prenigna [read: preuigna]: stepdowtyr.
- ?a1500 Othea (Hrl 838)36/18 : Yvo..made sodeyn corne to be sowen to disherite hyr stepdoughters.