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shrewn.1

Brit. /ʃruː/, U.S. /ʃru/
Forms: α. Old English screuua, screauua, scraeua, 1500s shreaw, 1500s–1600s shrewe, 1500s– shrew. β. 1500s shrowe, schro, 1700s shrow. γ. 1500s shyrewe, 1800s dialect shirrow, sheroo, shorrow.
Etymology: Old English scréawa, scrǽwa, not found elsewhere in Germanic.Some scholars refer the word to the Germanic *skreu- to cut (see shred n.), comparing, for the sense, Middle High German schermûs ‘sorex’, ‘glio’, ‘talpa’ (modern German schermaus mole, also a kind of mouse), Old English scirfemús ‘sorex’ (related to sceorfan to cut). See, however, shrew n.2 With the β forms compare strow strew v. It is possible that in the γ forms there may be some mixture of the (? synonymous) Old English scirfe(mús) : compare the dialect sarrow = serve v.1 The absence of evidence for the word between the Old English period and the 16th century is remarkable; its place may have been supplied locally in Middle English by erdshrew (i.e. earth-shrew), though this, with its apparent corruptions hard-shrew , hardishrew n., harvest-shrew, nossro, nursrow (with prefixed N 3), is not recorded before the 17th century.
Any of the small insectivorous mammals, belonging to the genus Sorex or the family Soricidæ, much resembling mice but having a long sharp snout; a shrewmouse n.The common European shrew is Sorex vulgaris. For elephant, house, jumping, marsh, mole, musk, otter, pygmy, rat-tailed, river, tree, water shrew, see the qualifying words; also hardishrew n. The shrew was popularly held to be venomous and otherwise injurious; cf. shrew-ash n., shrew-bitten adj., shrew-run n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Soricidae
shrewc725
shrewmouse1572
nossro1686
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Soricidae > genus Sorex (shrew)
shrewc725
mygalea1382
ranny1559
shrewmouse1572
hardishrew1601
muset1601
earth-shrew1607
sorex1607
spitemouse1668
hog mouse1743
wight1795
thraw-mouse1825
saddleback1948
c725 Corpus Gloss. M 336 Musiranus, screauua.
c825 Epinal Gloss. 649 Musiranus, screuua.
a900 Leiden Gloss. 226 Musiranus, scraeua.
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Scytala, a lytel beaste callyd a shyrewe.
1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca Mus Arancus, a kynde of myse called a shrew, whyche yf it goo ouer a beastes backe, he shall be lame in the chyne.
1551 W. Turner New Herball 169 The poyson of..the feld mouse called a shrew.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 622 The poison of the Scorpion and Shrowe and such like venemous beastes.
1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Sorex, a rotton, a schro.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxviii. 195 The shrew by her biting of the horse maketh him oftentimes to die.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 610 The tucan, or Mexican shrew.
1813 J. C. Prichard Res. Physical Hist. Man iii. 92 The proper Shrews, of which there are ten species.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Shirrow,..the shrew.
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xiii. 414 The external similarity of a mouse to a shrew.
1904 J. G. Millais Mammals Great Brit. I. 145 In still summer evenings, when lying in the woods waiting for rabbits to come out, I occasionally catch a momentary glimpse, of the restless, excitable Common Shrew.
Proverb.1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xiii. sig. Fii Whan al shrews haue dynd, Chaunge from foule wether to faire is oft inclind.1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 73 It does likely hold up, as we say, by that time the Shrews have dined.1849 Lit. Gaz. 7 Apr. 266 It will be fair weather when the shrews have dined.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
shrew-bitten adj.
ΚΠ
1614 G. Markham Bull in Cheape & Good Husb. xxxix. 61 Of being shrew runne, or shrew bitten. A Shrew Mouse..is a venemous thing [etc.].
shrew-faced adj.
ΚΠ
1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers iv. 78 A tall, thin shrew-faced woman.
shrew-like adj.
ΚΠ
1898 Guide Galleries Mammalia Dept. Zool. Brit. Mus. (ed. 6) 108 The shrew-like Tarsipes.
C2.
shrew-afflicted adj. = shrew-struck n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [adjective] > palsy or paralysis > suffering from
lamec725
paralytica1398
palsya1500
lither1513
palsied1551
shrew-run1607
stupid1634
paralysed1763
paretic1822
palsying1834
shrew-afflicted1842
shrew-struck1850
1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 263 If a person or animal, thus shrew-afflicted, was passed through the arch of a bramble [etc.].
shrew-ash n. (see quot. 1776).
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > veterinary medicine and surgery > [noun] > medicines or applications > medicines or applications for cattle
needfire1633
nossro-tree1686
shrew-ash1776
rumacin1863
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > ash and allies > [noun]
ashc700
fraynec1325
wood-browna1400
wild ash1552
white ash1578
manna tree1665
black ash1673
white ash1683
water ash1709
manna ash1715
hoop-ash1763
red ash1773
shrew-ash1776
blue ash1783
swamp ash1794
weeping ash1807
green ash1810
cockscomb ash1850
Oregon ash1857
1776 G. White Let. 8 Jan. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 203 A shrew-ash is an ash whose twigs or branches, when gently applied to the limbs of cattle, will immediately relieve the pains which a beast suffers from the running of a shrew-mouse over the part affected... A shrew-ash was made thus:—Into the body of the tree a deep hole was bored with an auger, and a poor devoted shrew-mouse was thrust in alive, and plugged in, no doubt, with several quaint incantations.
1834 A. E. Bray Warleigh I. xv. 320 So long as I hold in my hand this wand of shrew ash there is nothing to fear. You are..safe from the spirit in this chamber.
shrew-mole n. a mole of either of the genera Scalops and Scapanus.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Talpidae > member of genus Scalops
prairie mole1808
shrew-mole1823
Texan shrew-mole1888
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Talpidae > other types of
shrew-mole1823
1823 J. D. Godman Amer. Nat. Hist. (1836) I. 61 The shrew-mole is found abundantly in North America, from Canada to Virginia.
shrew-run n. paralysed (as was supposed) as the result of being overrun by a shrew-mouse.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [adjective] > palsy or paralysis > suffering from
lamec725
paralytica1398
palsya1500
lither1513
palsied1551
shrew-run1607
stupid1634
paralysed1763
paretic1822
palsying1834
shrew-afflicted1842
shrew-struck1850
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vii. 80 If your horse be shrew-runne, you shall looke for a briere which growes at both endes, and draw your horse thorow it and he will be well.
c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide ii. xvi. 71 Many of the Country People..when they see a Horse or a Bullock have his Limbs suddenly taken from him..believe him to be either Planet-struck or Shrow-run.
† shrew-running n. Obsolete (see quot. 1704).
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > palsy or paralysis
palsyc1250
palsy pinec1390
paralysiea1425
paralysis1525
palsy-evil1532
pairls1621
numb palsy1642
numbed palsy1655
shrew-running1704
paralysation1846
palsification1866
shrew-stroke1872
1704 Dict. Rusticum Planet-Struck, or Shrow-Running; in Horses, is a deprivation of Feeling or Motion.
shrew-stroke n. the fact or condition of being shrew-struck.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > palsy or paralysis
palsyc1250
palsy pinec1390
paralysiea1425
paralysis1525
palsy-evil1532
pairls1621
numb palsy1642
numbed palsy1655
shrew-running1704
paralysation1846
palsification1866
shrew-stroke1872
1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 131 The curative power which alone could heal the Shrew-stroke lay in the branches of a Shrew-ash.
shrew-struck n. = shrew-run n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [adjective] > palsy or paralysis > suffering from
lamec725
paralytica1398
palsya1500
lither1513
palsied1551
shrew-run1607
stupid1634
paralysed1763
paretic1822
palsying1834
shrew-afflicted1842
shrew-struck1850
1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. xxi. 294 When my vather's cows was shrew-struck, she made un be draed under a brimble as growed together at the both ends.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

shrewn.2adj.

Brit. /ʃruː/, U.S. /ʃru/
Forms: α. Middle English screwe, ssrewe, shreu, (Middle English schreawe, srewe), Middle English–1500s shrewe, schrew, (1500s shreaw, 1600s shreue), Middle English– shrew. β. Middle English Scottish schraw, 1500s shrowe, shroe, srow, 1500s–1600s shrow. γ. Middle English sherewe, s(s)cherewe.
Etymology: Generally held to be a figurative use of shrew n.1, the transference of meaning being accounted for by the superstitions as to the malignant influence of the animal: see e.g. quot. 1542 at shrew n.1 This appears possible; on the other hand, shrew n.1 may be a specific application of this word in the sense ‘malignant being’; compare Middle High German schröuwel devil.
A. n.2
1.
†a. A wicked, evil-disposed, or malignant man; a mischievous or vexatious person; a rascal, villain.Sometimes emphasized by cursed, false.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil person > [noun]
fiendc1220
shrewc1250
quedea1275
felon1340
malfeasorc1380
evil-doer1398
forfeiter1413
pucka1450
malefactor?c1450
wicked-doerc1450
improbe1484
wicked1484
Gomorrheana1529
dunghill1542
felonian1594
naughta1639
black sheep1640
pimp1649
hellicat1816
malfeasant1867
a bad sortc1869
bad seed1954
bloody1960
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > wicked person
warlockOE
shrewc1250
quedea1275
wick1297
felon1340
son of perditionc1384
nicec1400
pucka1450
sorrowc1450
improbe1484
wicked1484
naughtyc1580
stigmatic1597
thornback1599
stigmatist1607
naughta1639
dungeona1728
c1250 Owl & Night. 287 Ne lust me wit þe screwen chide.
c1290 Beket 1917 in S. Eng. Leg. 161 Þe foure þat mest schrewes weren biþouȝten hem of guyle.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 3020 Þe ssrewen dude seþþe to þis lond suiþe moche wo.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 321 That schrewe Pilatus.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 353 For o schrewe which he spareth A thousand goode men he grieveth.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14825 Þan come þai to þe phariseus, Of all þai war þe maister schreus.
c1400 Gamelyn 230 While þou were a ȝong boy a moche schrew þou were.
c1400 St. Alexius (Laud) 572 For þat tyme were þe folk of Rome Þe mest shrewen of cristendome.
1461 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 520 These fals shrewes that arn in oppynion contrary to the Kyng.
?1499 J. Skelton Bowge of Courte (de Worde) sig. Bvi Who deleth with shrewes hath nede to loke aboute.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12547 All a company is cumbrit for a cursed shrewe.
1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Serm. Rogat. Wk. ii. sig. Qqqqj Now are they taken from me by euil chaunces, and false shrewes, by naughty wretches.
1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) ii. xvi. 199/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I These are some of the policies of such shrews or close booted gentlemen.
1609 T. Dekker Rauens Almanacke sig. H3v Such as were shrewes to theire wiues.
a1650 Merline 1571 in Furniv. Percy Folio I. 471 Then said Merlyn thoe, ‘hee was a shrew that told you soe’.
β. c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 459 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 317 Al þai schrawis euire-ilkane.?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Cviiv To trye a true friend from a shrow.a1650 Merline 1221 in Furniv. Percy Folio I. 460 Thou cursed srow, thou goe vs froe!γ. 13.. Beues (A.) 1211 Hii lowe, þe scherewes, þat him gan wreie.c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋232 Dauid seith blisful is that man þat hath nat folwed the conseilyng of sherewes.
†b. Applied to the Devil. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > a devil > the Devil or Satan > [noun]
devileOE
Beelzebubc950
the foul ghosteOE
SatanOE
warlockOE
SatanasOE
worsea1200
unwinea1225
wondc1250
quedea1275
pucka1300
serpenta1300
dragon1340
shrew1362
Apollyon1382
the god of this worldc1384
Mahoundc1400
leviathan1412
worsta1425
old enemyc1449
Ruffin1567
dismal1570
Plotcocka1578
the Wicked One1582
goodman1603
Mahu1603
foul thief1609
somebody1609
legiona1616
Lord of Flies1622
walliman1629
shaitan1638
Old Nicka1643
Nick1647
unsel?1675
old gentleman1681
old boy1692
the gentleman in black1693
deuce1694
Black Spy1699
the vicious one1713
worricow1719
Old Roger1725
Lord of the Flies1727
Simmie1728
Old Scratch1734
Old Harry1777
Old Poker1784
Auld Hornie1786
old (auld), ill thief1789
old one1790
little-good1821
Tom Walker1833
bogy1840
diabolarch1845
Old Ned1859
iniquity1899
c1315 Shoreham vii. 470 Þaȝ god soffrede such a schreawe Al for to spylle.]
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. x. 209 Þei don vuele and þe deuel plesen, And aftur heore deþ day schul dwelle wiþ þe schrewe.
c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale 364 Though þat the feend noght in oure sighte hym shewe I trowe he with vs be þat ilke shrewe.
c1500 New Notbroune Mayd 13 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. III. 2 Yet yf that shrewe To hym pursue That clepyd is Sathan.
†c. Applied to a malignant planet. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > influence > planet as > malign
shrewc1400
infortunec1405
c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §4. 19 Þat he be nat retrograd ne combust, ne ioigned with no shrewe in the same signe.
†d. Used as a term of abuse: Wretch, villain.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused
warlockOE
swinec1175
beastc1225
wolf's-fista1300
avetrolc1300
congeonc1300
dirtc1300
slimec1315
snipec1325
lurdanc1330
misbegetc1330
sorrowa1350
shrew1362
jordan1377
wirlingc1390
frog?a1400
warianglea1400
wretcha1400
horcop14..
turdc1400
callet1415
lotterela1450
paddock?a1475
souter1478
chuff?a1500
langbain?c1500
cockatrice1508
sow1508
spink1508
wilrone1508
rook?a1513
streaker?a1513
dirt-dauber?1518
marmoset1523
babiona1529
poll-hatcheta1529
bear-wolf1542
misbegotten1546
pig1546
excrement1561
mamzer1562
chuff-cat1563
varlet1566
toada1568
mandrake1568
spider1568
rat1571
bull-beef1573
mole-catcher1573
suppository1573
curtal1578
spider-catcher1579
mongrela1585
roita1585
stickdirta1585
dogfish1589
Poor John1589
dog's facec1590
tar-boxa1592
baboon1592
pot-hunter1592
venom1592
porcupine1594
lick-fingers1595
mouldychaps1595
tripe1595
conundrum1596
fat-guts1598
thornback1599
land-rat1600
midriff1600
stinkardc1600
Tartar1600
tumbril1601
lobster1602
pilcher1602
windfucker?1602
stinker1607
hog rubber1611
shad1612
splay-foot1612
tim1612
whit1612
verdugo1616
renegado1622
fish-facea1625
flea-trapa1625
hound's head1633
mulligrub1633
nightmare1633
toad's-guts1634
bitch-baby1638
shagamuffin1642
shit-breech1648
shitabed1653
snite1653
pissabed1672
bastard1675
swab1687
tar-barrel1695
runt1699
fat-face1740
shit-sack1769
vagabond1842
shick-shack1847
soor1848
b1851
stink-pot1854
molie1871
pig-dog1871
schweinhund1871
wind-sucker1880
fucker1893
cocksucker1894
wart1896
so-and-so1897
swine-hound1899
motherfucker1918
S.O.B.1918
twat1922
mong1926
mucker1929
basket1936
cowson1936
zombie1936
meatball1937
shower1943
chickenshit1945
mugger1945
motherferyer1946
hooer1952
morpion1954
mother1955
mother-raper1959
louser1960
effer1961
salaud1962
gunk1964
scunge1967
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. vii. 143 To Pers þe plouh Mon one profrede his gloue,..And bad go pisse him with his plouh, pillede screwe [v.rr. s(c)hrewe]!
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xiii. 135 Shrew, pepe! Thus late as thou goys, What wyll men suppos?
?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 43 That auld schrew, schame him betide.
e. pseudo-archaic. In a weakened use, to express playful reprobation.
ΚΠ
1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow i. i. 26 Take me this old shrew softly to the nearest elm, and hang me him tenderly by the neck.
1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow i. i. 30 Our poor shrew of a parson is, by some mad soul, accused of slaying him.
†2. A thing of evil nature or influence; something troublesome or vexatious. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil thing > [noun]
shrewc1315
bad1576
malum in se1622
naughta1639
society > morality > moral evil > [noun] > evil thing
shrewc1315
naughta1639
a double whammy1951
c1315 Shoreham iv. 207 And ase god dyȝt þeawes In alle gode men, Þe feend a-rayeþ þe schreawes In wykken þer a-ȝen.
c1450 Godstow Reg. 629 That this his yifte shold not fro that tyme be reuoked by ony machynacion or shrew.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxviii. 568 Than seide Dodinell the sauage that it were a shrewe to go, for in this foreste is noon rescettes.
a1500 Brome Bk. (1886) 12 Take iij schrewys. [A waspe, a wesill, a woman.]
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xxxi. 12 Remembre, that an euell eye is a shrew.
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. 166 If to great a multitude making to great a state do not proue a shrew, then am I deceyued.
1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 223 Enmitie, hatred, and ill will is a shrew.
3.
a. A person, esp. (now only) a woman given to railing or scolding or other perverse or malignant behaviour; frequently a scolding or turbulent wife.For the proverbial collocation of sheep and shrew see sheep n. 5b.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [noun] > shrew
scoldc1175
shrewc1386
viragoc1386
scolder1423
common scold1467
wild cat1570
vixen1575
callet1577
termagant1578
(Long) Meg of Westminster1589
butter whore1592
cotquean1593
scrattop1593
scoldsterc1600
butter-quean1613
Xantippea1616
fury1620
Tartar1669
fish-woman1698
cross-patch1699
Whitechapel fortune1734
brimstone1751
randy1762
fish-fag1786
rantipole1790
skellata1810
skimmington1813
targer1822
skellat-bell1827
catamaran1834
nagster1873
yenta1923
α.
c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale Epil. 10 But of hir tonge a lobbyng shrewe is she.
a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS 547/380 He þat his tonge con not holde, In cumpaygnye a schrewe is tolde.
a1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 59 Wymmenes speche that ben schrewes, Turne ofte a-way gode thewes.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1282 For now, I am in certen, I have a Stepmodir: They been shrewis som.
?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 47 I schaw ȝow, sister, in schrift, I wes a schrew euer.
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vi. sig. I Euery man can rule a shrewe saue he that hath her.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiv. 245 To be a shrewe in the kitchin, a saint in the Church.
1609 C. Butler Feminine Monarchie i. sig. A7 They [bees] are like vnto incorrigible shrews: there is no dealing with them but by patience.
a1720 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. iii. 200 His wife who was a wicked shrew.
1819 W. Irving Rip Van Winkle in Sketch Bk. i. 61 Those men are most..conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.
1839 W. Irving Legend of Communipaw in Knickerbocker Oct. 347 He brought home with him a wife, who seemed to be a shrew, and to have the upper hand of him.
β. 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades i. 12 Iuno Dame that shrowe.1584 G. Peele Araygnem. Paris iv. iii. sig. Dijv Vul. A harletrie I warrant her. Bac. A peeuish eluish shroe [rhyme so].1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. x. 609 Happy he..[that] Pan and old Silvan knowes, And all the sister shrowes.1608 R. Tofte tr. L. Ariosto Satyres iv. 55 Silence cuts a shrow worse then a sword.a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. ii. 193 Now goe thy wayes, thou hast tam'd a curst Shrow . View more context for this quotation1659 Lady Alimony v. iii. sig. Ki He that will practise the art of swinging in a Halter, either to please or cross a Shrows humour.figurative.1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 83 Marriage is honourable, but House-keeping is a Shrew.1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Third 25 To love, and hate The same vain World; to censure, and espouse This painted Shrew of Life.
†b. jocularly for: A wife. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife
wifeeOE
womanc1275
peerc1330
spousessc1384
ladyc1390
good lady1502
girl?a1513
spousage1513
little lady1523
the weaker vessel1526
companion1535
wedlock1566
Mrs1572
dame1574
rib?1590
feme1595
fathom1602
feme covert1602
shrew1606
wife of one's bosom1611
kickie-wickiea1616
heifer1616
sposa1624
bosom-partner1633
goodwife1654
little woman1715
squaw1767
the Mrs1821
missus1823
maw1826
lady wife1840
tart1864
mistress1873
mama1916
ball and chain1921
trouble and strife1929
old boot1958
1606 N. Breton Poste with Packet Madde Lett. (new ed.) II. sig. D2 With commendations to youre kind sonne, youre, selfe, and your good Shrew.
B. adj.
= shrewd adj. (in various senses); wicked, evil-disposed; bad; shrewish, ill-tempered.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-nature > [adjective]
shrew1297
shrewd13..
maliciousc1330
ill-disposedc1460
shrewishc1480
indisposed1481
misaffectionate1533
unsavoury1568
ill-conditioned1614
ill-natured1645
unamiable1711
malignant1785
ill-thriven1806
nasty1825
beastly1911
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill-nature > [adjective]
shrew1297
shrewd13..
maliciousc1330
ill-disposedc1460
shrewishc1480
indisposed1481
unsavoury1568
ill-natured1656
unamiable1774
ill-thriven1806
nasty1825
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [adjective]
shrew1297
shrewda1387
scoldinga1533
shrewish?1566
cotquean-like1581
virago1598
vixena1660
termagant1668
vixenlya1677
calleting1691
rudas1802
termagantish1823
vixenish1828
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 2091 & so þei ssrewe robeours abbe hor wille.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6718 A ssrewe & luþer dom.
c1305 St. Kenelm 202 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 53 Þis quene..schrewe leuedi bicom ynouȝ.
13.. Beues (A.) 398 Go hom, truant!.. Scherewe houre sone.
1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 42 Pieryne his doughter Is the shrewest [Fr. la pieure] ghyrle That I knowe on this side the see.
1638 R. Baillie Let. 22 July (1841) I. 76 He of Liberton does us a very shreue turne.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as shrew-tamer, shrew-wife; shrew-ridden adj.
ΚΠ
1808 M. T. Kemble Day after Wedding 8 Accomplish that, and I'll acknowledge you the Prince of Shrew-tamers.
1911 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 774/2 The snappish utterances of his shrew-wife.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 411 We have shrewridden Shakespeare and henpecked Socrates.
C2.
† shrew-shake adj. (also shrew-shaken) Obsolete ? cured of shrewishness.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > obedience > submissiveness > [adjective] > cured of shrewishness
shrew-shakec1530
c1530 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols, & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 110 Þe wyff was sum~what shrew shake.
1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Ovjv To be obedient, to be shrewshaken, to bryng vp her childern well [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† shrewv.

Forms: α. Middle English–1500s shrewe, schrew(e, 1600s 'shrew, Middle English– shrew. β. Middle English schrowe, 1500s shrow, Scottish schir(r)o, 1500s–1600s, Scottish schro, 1600s shrue.
Etymology: apparently < shrew n.2; compare beshrew v.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To curse; = beshrew v. 3. Chiefly in imprecations I shrew…(occasionally with I omitted).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [verb (transitive)]
waryc725
accurselOE
for-waryc1175
cursec1200
bana1275
beshrewc1325
shrew1338
maledighta1400
destinyc1400
damn1477
detest1533
beshrompa1549
widdle1552
becurse1570
malison1588
execrate1612
imprecate1613
maledict1780
the mind > language > malediction > [verb (transitive)]
waryc725
accurselOE
forcurse1154
cursec1175
for-waryc1175
bana1275
ashend1297
to bid (something) misadventurec1330
shrew1338
beshrew1377
maledighta1400
to fare (also go, come) to mischancec1400
defyc1430
destinya1450
condemn1489
detest1533
adjure1539
beshrompa1549
widdle1552
becurse1570
malison1588
consecrate1589
exaugurate1600
execrate1612
imprecate1616
blasta1634
damna1640
vote1644
to swear at ——1680
devote1749
maledict1780
comminate1801
bless1814
peste1824
cuss1863
bedamn1875
mugger1951
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [verb (transitive)]
forbraidc888
besmiteeOE
awemOE
filec1175
soila1250
envenomc1300
beshrewc1325
shrew1338
corrumpa1340
corrupt1382
subvertc1384
tache1390
poison1395
infect?c1400
intoxicatec1450
deprave1482
corrup1483
rust1493
turkess?1521
vitiate1534
prevary?1541
depravate1548
fester?1548
turkish1560
wry1563
taint1573
disalter1579
prevaricate1595
sophisticate1597
invitiate1598
fashion1600
tack1601
debauch1603
deturpate1623
disaltern1635
ulcer1642
deboise1654
Neronize1673
demoralize1794
bedevil1800
α.
c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 606 I shrewe vs bothe two And first I shrewe my self bothe blood and bones If thou bigyle me.
c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 519 O vile proude cherl I shrewe his face.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 75 [I] Venged me fele tymes..and shrewede myn emcristyne.
c1403 T. Clanvowe Cuckoo & Nightingale 250 I shrewe al hem that been of love untrewe.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 21 Here will I lig thise fourty dayes, And I shrew hym that me fyrst rayse.
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. iii. sig. B.iij I shrew them that say nay, and that shall not be I.
a1568 Bannatyne MS (Hunterian Club) 269 I wait nocht gif thir lawis be gud, I schrew thame first thame fand.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 283 'Shrew my heart. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. iii. 139.
β. 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 236 I schrowe alle þer maners, þat lufes þer partie.a1529 J. Skelton Poems against Garnesche in Poet Wks. (1843) I. 130 To know thy selfe yf thow lake grace, Lerne or be lewde, I shrow thy face.a1568 Bannatyne MS (Hunterian Club) 377 Ye hurt me now, schirro your fais.15.. Wowing of Jok & Jynny 15 in Bannatyne MS. (Hunterian Club) 388 I schro the, lyar, full leis me yow.1663 ‘P. Stampoy’ Coll. Sc. Prov. 48 Shro the ghuest the house is the war of.
2. To deprave; = beshrew v. 1. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > make wicked or evil
beshrewc1325
shrewc1440
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 449/1 Schrewyn, pravo.
3. To treat shrewishly; to scold. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > scold
chidec1230
ban1340
tongue1388
rate1393
flite14..
rehetec1400
janglec1430
chafec1485
rattle1542
berate1548
quarrel1587
hazen?1608
bequarrel1624
huff1674
shrewa1687
to claw away, off1692
tongue-pad1707
to blow up1710
scold1718
rag1739
redd1776
bullyraga1790
jaw1810
targe1825
haze1829
overhaul1840
tongue-walk1841
trim1882
to call down1883
tongue-lash1887
roar1917
to go off at (a person)1941
chew1948
wrinch2009
a1687 C. Cotton Poems (1689) 38 If too wary, then she'll shrue thee.
1883 M. E. Braddon Golden Calf xx She shrewed me so abominably..that my pride was roused.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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