† Jewlyadv.
Obsolete.
In a manner considered characteristic of a Jewish person; in a language spoken by Jewish people.In quot. a1500 with reference to the treatment of Christ: cruelly.
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxxvi. 11 Ne speke thou to vs Jewly [a1425 L.V. bi the langage of Jewis; L. iudaice].
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Gal. ii. 14 If thou..lyuest hethenli, and not Jewly [a1425 L.V. Jewelich; L. iudaice].
a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) Gal. ii. 14 If þou, O Peter, when þou art a Iew, lyuyst gentyly and not Iewly [L. Iudaice], hou constreynes þou þe folc to lyfe Iewly [L. Iudaisare]?
a1500 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 18 This cors [of Jesus] lith so rulye, So betyn, so wowndid, entreted so Iewlye [a1500 Trin. Cambr. fuly].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019).
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