† jau dewinn.
Obsolete.
A term of reproach.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in reproach
gluttonc1300
jau dewin1340
Pilatec1390
rascal?a1400
swartc1425
hoberdc1450
dogshead1539
ladronea1557
clapperdudgeon1567
soused gurnet1598
jail-bird1603
cocoloch1610
swappes1626
incubee1631
stitchel1659
potwalloper1820
Little Willie1901
1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 659 Þe iaudewin iubiter ioiful ȝe holde, For he was wraþful i-wrouht & wried in angur.
?1362 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 565 Cuidam Istrioni Jestour Jawdewyne in festo Natalis D'ni, 3s. 4d.
1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 86 Thou jawdewine, thow jangeler, how stande this togider.
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