- kept in noon awayt, certayn; And
trewely the
labour is in vayn To kepe a
shrewe, for it wole nat bee. This
holde I for a
verray nycetee, To
spille labour...
-
Chaucer makes reference to
Herostratus in The
House of Fame: "I am that ylke
shrewe, ywis, / That
brende the
temple of
Ysidis / In Athenes, loo, that citee...
- plus, the
implication of
transaction Peter! I
shrewe yow, but ye love it weel; "Peter" = St. Peter; "
shrewe" = curse; hence: "I
curse you if you don't love...
- names) are termagant, harpy, and fury.
Shrew derives from
Middle English shrewe for 'evil or
scolding person', used
since at
least the 11th century, in...
- hear" (+w) /ɛu/ /eu/ > /iu/ /(j)uː/ /(j)uː/ PG *skrawwǫ̂ > OE sċrēawa > ME "
shrewe" > "shrew" +c,g,h; rc,rg,rh;lc,lg,lh ē ē /eː/ /eː/ /iː/ /iː/ PG *auke(?)...
- 45. "Lo Depeford, and it is half-wey pryme. Lo Grenewych, ther many a
shrewe is inne!" "From "The
Canterbury Tales": The Reeve's
Prologue and Tale (modern...
- born in Bedeque,
Prince Edward Island, the son of J. H.
Jameson and
Sophie Shrewe, and was
educated at the
Prince County Academy.
Jameson studied law in Digby...
