Obs. Also -wine, -wyne. [Origin obscure.] A term of reproach.
1340–70. Alex. & Dind., 659. Þe iaudewin iubiter ioiful ȝe holde, For he was wraþful i-wrouht & wried in angur.
c. 1362. Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees), 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.
