† jossa Obs.
[Conjectured by Prof. Skeat to be an adv. = ‘Down here’, repr. an OF. *jos-{cced}a, for the actual OF. {cced}a jus. But it may be a n. (in vocative) or vb. (in imper.).]
| c 1386 Chaucer Reeve's T. 181 Keepe, keepe, stand, stand, Iossa warderere, Ga whistle thou and I shal kepe hym heere. |