Middle English Dictionary Entry
theuen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | theuen v.(1) Also thewe, (Orm.) þæwenn; p.ppl. thewed, theud, (early) þeaud. |
| Etymology | From theu n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. itheued adj.
1.
(a) To give (sb.) moral instruction, teach, train; (b) ppl. thewed, well raised; well mannered; virtuous; wel thewed; ille (ivele) thewed, ill-mannered, wicked in behavior; (c) ppl. thewed, habituated, trained; (d) med. ivele-thewed, malign.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6217 : Ȝunnc birrþ nimenn mikell gom To þæwenn ȝunnkerr chilldre.
- (?c1422) Hoccl.ASM (Dur-U Cosin V.3.9)83 : And thee the bettre for to thewe, The misterie of my lore y shal the shewe.
- a1450 SLeg.MPChr.(StJ-C B.6)988 : Ȝif he wil not do after þe, to holy cherche þou it schewe, þat he þere amonested be ȝif men may hym þewe.
b
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)41 : Þe wise man and þat wel-þeaud child habbeð boðe on lage, for þan eiðer leteð his agen wille and folgeð his larðewes.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1914 : He wulde ðat he sulde hem ten Ðat he wel-ðewed sulde ben.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.273 : It sit a prest to be wel thewed, And schame it is if he be lewed.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.639 : Wherof toward this worldes grace He semeth to be riht wel thewed, And yit his herte is al beschrewed.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8425 : Þe child es theud and mild o mode, Lok þat he haf maister god.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)27632 : If þou be þewed [Vsp: heind] al-so curtaise, þen atte first I wille þe praise.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)733 : Blessed be þow..so boner and þewed.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.4466 : O cruel Mars..Þi wrath..causest men to be longe & lene..Vnmerciable & riȝt evele thewed.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1008 : Ful wel thewed was she holde, Ne she was derk ne broun, but bright, And clere as the mone lyght.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)4.1121 : This Calistenes, in youthe riht weel thewed, His greene age promotid to doctryne.
- c1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)180 : My lady is..so wel fortuned and thewed That thorogh the world her goodnesse is yshewed.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)3124 : Þai were all men lewed, Bot religiouse and wele thewed.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)2177 : Þere was nevir vomman kynder to hir child..& þere ageyns nevir þing so wild Ne so evill-thewid as I was my selff.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)91/25 : Whos colour is grene or blak, it semeth þat he is ill thewed.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1893 : Þei pursue ay for pluralite, So of nature to mevyng þei be thewed.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.877 : In other thyng taak hem their fadir like, So thewed that from high quyete or reste Anoon they may be stered forto prike.
d
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)105/9 : Vnguentum album..sufficen to vlceraciouns, for þat þay ben nouȝt mykel euel-þewed [L multum male morigerate].
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)287/24 : Forme we þe nedy man to þe helyng of þe euel-þewed vlcere.