a. Obs. Forms: α. 1–2 Iudeisc. β. 3 Iudaysse. γ. 2–3 (Orm.) Iudissken. [These are more or less distinct formations. The OE. adj. was Iudéisc (f. Iudéa Judea, Iudéas Jews) = OHG. Iudeisc; hence early ME. Iudeisc, and prob. Iudaysse (in which I prob. meant J). Ormin had (beside Iudewisshe) the distinct form Iudissk (always Iudisskenn, inflected form, ? gen. pl.), with which cf. OHG. judisk, MHG. judisch, Ger. jüdisch.] = JEWISH.
α. c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., John xviii. 35. Cwyst þu, eom ic iudeisc?
c. 1000. Gosp. Nicod., xi. (Thwaite), 5. Ða stod þar toforan þam deman an Iudeisc wer.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 89. Þa seiden þa iudeiscen men.
β. c. 1275. Wom. Samaria, 54, in O. E. Misc., 85. Heo wyten myd iwisse þat hele is icume to monne of folke iudaysse.
γ. c. 1200. Ormin, 263. Godess follc, Iudisskenn follc, Þatt Godess laȝhess heldenn. Ibid., 7127. King off Iudisskenn þede. Ibid., 8751. Inntill Iudisskenn follkess land.
