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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1549-1636
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Jew, n. Also: Jewe, Jeu, Jue. [e.m.E. and ME. jew, Jeu, Jue. Cf. Jow n.] A Jew. 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 2/33.
The captiue ieuis 1549 Ib. 83/14.
Cayphas … and the iueis a1585 Maitland Quarto MS xvi. 81.
As Jewis wer to Christ vnkynd a1578 Pitsc. I. 67/10.
Among ws Jewis … thair ar no beggaris fund 1581 Burne Disput. 161 b.
Circumcidit as var the Jeuis 1588 Cath. Tr. (S.T.S.) 208/21.
The sectis of the Jewis
Attrib. 1636 Edinburgh Testaments LVII. 327 b.
Ane pik of jew tymber
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