Middle English Dictionary Entry
dǒuth(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dǒuth(e n. Also duthe & (early) dugeð, duȝeð(e, duh(e)ðe, duhȝeðe, doȝeðe, duweðe, doweðe, duðeðe, (oblique & pl.) duȝeðen, duȝden, duhþen. |
| Etymology | OE duguþ |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The body of retainers of a king or nobleman, comitatus, retinue; (b) army, host; in pl.: troops, armies; (c) a company of people; a host of people; the people of a kingdom; also, people, men; in pl.: companies of people; (d) ?a man, person; (e) ~ king, king of a nation; ~ knight (man), a retainer; douthes loverd, Lord of Hosts, God.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1114 : Þa arcbiscopes & biscopes & þat dugeð þat wæs on Englalande.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3401 : Heo..bi-nomen him [Leir] is doȝeðe and al his drihliche folc; nolden heo him bi-leafuen cnihtes beoten fiue.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1367 : Uche duk wyth his duthe and oþer dere lordes Schulde com to his cort.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3205 : He was diȝt of his douth & to þe dede woundid.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)7994 : Heo ledden monienne deadne cniht of Cesares duhȝeðe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)15185 : Heo nomen ænne isetne dæi þat scolden þas duȝeðen cumen heom to-somne.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25536 : Þe uader weop a þene sune..þa þa duȝeðe [Otho: ferde] sturede.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)31188 : He wolde þere duȝeðen þis lond al to-dalen.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1196 : Þe hote hunger wythinne hert hem wel sarre Þen any dunt of þat douthe þat dowelled þeroute.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)348 : He was duke of þat douth and a dussypere.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3061 : Sire Dary dryue in þe derke, & his douth folows.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3890 : A-boute a thretty in þat thede tharned þaire lyfes; Þus many deid of his douth [etc.].
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1819 : Hit ilomp on ane daȝe þat Brutus & his duȝeðe [Otho: doȝeþe] makeden halinesse.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3005 : Seie þu bi-fore mire duȝden [Otho: men], heo dure ich am þe an herten.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)2835 : Wa wes his duhþen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6075 : Sari wes his duðeðe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)17509 : I þan feorðe dæie, duȝeðen to-dælden.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)5/25 : Maximien..heiende heaðene maumez wið unimeað muchel hird ant wið heh duheðe.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)270 : Þe deȝter of þe douþe wern derelych fayre.
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)839 : At þat syȝt vche douth con dare, In helle, in erþe, and Jerusalem.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)397 : Þou schal seche me þi-self..& foch þe such wages As þou deles me to-day bifore þis douþe ryche.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1415 : Þe douthe dressed to þe wod, er any day sprenged, to chace.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2349 : Þe douth & all diuinours be-dene he comaundis þat þai suld corde be na cas vn-to þe kingis hestis.
d
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)2733 : And ilka dedly douth, þai [the gods] driffe þam to punesch.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3351 : An Amatist..Lattis na dronkynnes þam dere, þat douth at it beris.
e
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)10166 : Þe king ȝeornde cristindom & alle his duȝeþe cnihtes [Otho: his cnihtes].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14066 : Þe king wes swiðe bliðe..imong his duȝeðe monnen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25956 : Adun him ferde Beduer to his duȝeðe-kinge.
- a1300(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Jes-O 29)91/170 : Dryhten hit one wot, doweþes louerd [vr. domes louerd], hwanne [we] vre lif leten schule.
2.
(a) Power, might; wealth; (b) the full powers of manhood, maturity; (c) a good deed, benefit; on ~, with benefit, profitably.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4945 : Þa wes þe duc dead, and Brennes hauede his duweðe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)20851 : He [fox] weneð to beon of duȝeðe baldest alre deoren.
- a1250(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Mdst A.13)121/477 : If it so tideþ, þat tu..in þin elde werldes wele woldest, þi duȝeþe gin þu delen þine dere frend hwiles þine daȝes duȝe.
b
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)634 : Lutle children..Boþ [read: Doþ] al þat in hore ȝoeþe Þat hi uor-leteþ in hore duȝeþe [vr. duhþe].
c
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)103 : Desidia, þet is slewðe on englisc, þenne þan mon ne lust on his liue nan god don and bið eure unȝearu to elchere duȝeðe.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)10438 : Seuarus wes god cniht & he heold us swiðe riht..we..sculleð..forð ȝelden þa duȝeðe þe he us dude whilen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)19754 : Þe king ne mai on duȝeðe bruken nanes drenchen buten cald welles stræm.