Middle English Dictionary Entry
floute n.
Entry Info
| Forms | floute n. Also fleute, floite, flote. |
| Etymology | OF fla(h)ute, fleute. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A flute; a shepherd's pipe.
Associated quotations
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)758 : Frestele: floute [vr. floite].
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Arun 220)165 : Levere is the wrenne Abouten the scholke renne, Than the fithel draut, Other the floute craf.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)4251 : In floytes made he discordaunce.
- a1450 For lac (Tan 346)29 : Harpes, lutes, make melody, Floytes shille that so loude crye.
- c1430 Allas for thought (Cmb Gg.4.27)422 : These lytylle herdegromys Floutyn al the longe day..In here smale recorderys, In floutys & in rede sperys, Aboute this flour.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)168 : Flowte, pype: Cambucus, ydraula, calamaula.
- c1450 Scrope Othea (Lngl 253)44 : In the noyse of flowtes slepe not ye; For Mercurius..With his flowte þe peple enchaunteth.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1223 : And many flowte and liltyng horn, And pipes made of grene corn.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)49a : A fflott [Monson: Flote] of a pipe: ydralla [Monson: jdraula].
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)14304 : Thys ffloutys [vr. ffleutys] ek, with sotyl musys..loude crye.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: ?New cpd. ~ craft = flute-playing - see second quot.