α. 1500s nyef, 1500s nyefe, 1500s nyeffe, 1500s–1600s niefe, 1700s–1800s nief.
β. 1500s nef, 1500s–1700s neife, 1600s neiffe, 1600s– neif, 1800s– neyf.
γ. 1600s 1800s– naif (now historical).
单词 | naif |
释义 | naifn.1α. 1500s nyef, 1500s nyefe, 1500s nyeffe, 1500s–1600s niefe, 1700s–1800s nief. β. 1500s nef, 1500s–1700s neife, 1600s neiffe, 1600s– neif, 1800s– neyf. γ. 1600s 1800s– naif (now historical). Now historical and rare. 1. A person born in a state of bondage or serfdom; spec. a female serf, a bondwoman. Cf. native n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun] > slave > female theowa900 ambohtc1175 thrallessa1382 bondwoman1387 serve1480 bondmaid1526 naif1531 maid slave1585 slave-girl1607 slave woman1607 woman bond1675 house girl1791 thrall-woman1886 bondswoman- society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [noun] > slave > one born in slavery native1381 naif1531 α. β. 1547 Act 1 Edw. VI c. 3 §17 Persons, to whom any such Ward, Bondman, or Neife shall apperteine.1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia iv. ii. 82 Villaines & Neifes, which are alwayes saide to be Regardant to a Manour.a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §206. 215 In which manor were bond men, anciently called Villains, and the women Neifs.1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. v. §314. 138 If Lord, and Neife in grosse be.c1780 W. Jones Wks. VII. 10 A lord in feudal times might have been convicted of murder for killing his villain or his neife.1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. ii. 156 Bracton..holds, that the spurious issue of a nief, though by a free father, should be a villein.1872 C. Innes Lect. Sc. Legal Antiq. ii. 50 I cannot pretend to distinguish with any accuracy the bondman from the neyf.1912 H. Gilbert Robin Hood xi. 348 She had been a neif, or female villein.1926 Sc. Notes & Queries Aug. 148 The earlier bondsmen were known as neyfs.1968 J. L. Fisher Medieval Farming Gloss. Nativus, neif, bondsman.2007 G. Dodd Justice & Grace ix. 310 Fitz Warren's petition countered that Umfrey was his neif and he therefore had the right to take this action [sc. seize his goods].γ. 1679 T. Blount Fragmenta Antiquitatis 143 Every naif or she villain that took a husband..paid marchet, for redemption of her blood.1865 F. M. Nichols in tr. Britton I. 195 (note) The annotator in MS. N distinguishes between naifs, villains, and serfs.2000 Hist. Today May 41/1 The royal Chancery had for several generations issued writs of naifty, entitling manorial lords to reclaim their runaway naifs (Anglo-Norman for nativi), if they could be tracked down.1531 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student (new ed.) xliii. f. cxv Yf a woman be a nyef, and she maryeth a free man. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 54 Me his nyefe to his seruaunt Helenus ful firmelye betroathed. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 122 A woman which is Villein, is called a Niefe. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 263 In a writ de Libertate probanda may be put as many Niefes as the plaintife will. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > writ claiming person as serf writ of naif1625 writ of naifty1641 1625 H. Finch Law (1636) 259 In a mort dancestor cosinage, ayell, entry, and Writ of Niefe, from Henrie the thirds Coronation. 1651 tr. J. Kitchin Jurisdictions 328 If the Plaintiff in a writ of (Neife) be non-suited [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11531 |
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