Middle English Dictionary Entry
dǒutī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | dǒutī adj. |
| Etymology | From dǒute . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Ambiguous, enigmatic; obscure ; (b) uncertain in one's beliefs or conclusions, in doubt.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1384) Wycl.50 HFriars (Bod 647)381 : Where þei schulden be governed in soche douty poyntes by þo Holy Gost, þei leeven his counsel.
- a1425(c1384) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Ezek.12.24 : Not eche visioun shal be void, nether dyuynacioun douty [L ambigua] in the mydil of the sones of Israel.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)3 Kings 10.1 : The queen of Saba..to tempte hym [Solomon] in derk and douti questiouns.
b
- c1400 Wycl.CGosp.Matthew (Yk-M 14.D.2:Hudson)57/42 : In alle temptaciouns þe deuele doiþ þis, þat he vndurstonde if Crist be Goddis sone, but þe Lord tempriþ so þe answere þat he leeue hym douti [Jerome in Matth.4.6: ut eum relinquat ambiguum].