Middle English Dictionary Entry
hautein adj. & n.
Entry Info
| Forms | hautein adj. & n. Also -en, -in, -an, -aigne, autein, hauhtein, hawetein & haultain, haltein & houtein, -in & hauntein, -en. |
| Etymology | OF hautain. For -aun- forms, cp. haunten v.(2). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Proud, haughty, arrogant; presumptuous; (b) noble, aristocratic; excellent, strong, powerful; (c) of voice, words, etc.: loud; ?also, high-pitched; (d) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)1504 : Þe king, þei he hautein [vr. haunteyn] were, ches þe beste won & vnderstond is conseil so þat hii were at on.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)707 : Min hert is to hauteyn, so hyeȝ to climbe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)729 : Mi hauteyn hert bihoues me to chast, & bere me debonureli.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.614 : Som tyme detraccioun maketh an hauteyn [vrr. haunteyn, haunten, presumptuous] man be the moore humble.
- a1400 Of thes frer mynours (Cleo B.2)2 : Of þes frer mynours me thenkes moch wonder, Þat waxen are þus hauteyn, þat som tyme weren vnder.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.219 : Þe erle's sonnes wer hauteyn, did many folie dede.
- c1410 Chaucer CT.Mch.(Cmb Dd.4.24)E.1306 : She shal be hauteyn and of gret costage.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)255 : Þus þer four..mas his hert ful hawtayne.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6101 : In that word noon of hem deliteth..For they are cruel and hauteyn.
- a1425 NHom.(3) Leg.Suppl.Hrl.(Hrl 4196)38/325 : In hert it [riches] makes so hawtayne Þat nouþer he sese to ioy ne payne.
- c1430(c1380) Chaucer PF (Benson-Robinson)262 : And in a prive corner in disport Fond I Venus and hire porter Richesse, That was ful noble and hautayn [vrr. hawten, hauntayn, hawnten] of hyre port.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)5.2398 : He was hawteyn in his prosperite, Knew nat hymsilff thoruh fals abusioun.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2612 : I was so hawtayne of herte..I helde nane my hippe heghte.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.2 Merch.(Hrl 2255)649 : Myn herte dar nat fonde..to shewen out my peyne, That whiloom was in richesse so hauhteyne.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4255 : Bot leue ȝe noȝt we be to heȝe ne hauten of will.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)136/19 : Whiche is a uice in womanhode to be rude or of hautaigne courage.
- a1475 Lydg.TG (Lngl 258)323 : Haultotayn [read: haultayn; vr. haunteyn].
- a1525 Conq.Irel.(Dub 592)56/7 : Ne for ne good chaunce, he ne made hym the prutter ne þe more hautayn.
- c1590(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64(2))72.19 : Thas that er sua havteyn [Sid: howteyne] & sua cruel sua sone ar awaye.
b
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3739 : Ther is no lady so hawteyn, Duchesse, ne countesse, ne chasteleyn, That I nolde holde hir ungoodly For to refuse hym outterly.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1120 : There nas..gentil hawtein [vr. hautane faucoun heroner, Ne hound, for hert or wilde bor or der.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2910 : They hewe thorowe helmes, hawtayne biernez.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3029 : 'Hawtayne,' sais þe kyng, 'harawde, be Criste! Thow has helyd myn herte.'
- ?a1450(?1350-75) Res.Dom.in Norris Anc.Corn.Drama (Bod 791)545 : Me a'n kyf, by god ys blod, kyn fo an harlot mar wod, ma mar houtyn y body.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)209 : With haukes full hawtayne that heghe willen flye.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.151 : For þogh þou be so haunteyn [vrr. hawten, hauteyn] and so hye Þat men þe dreden in þe londe of Ynde.
c
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2187 : He..þan putte him out..bi-fore þo herty houndes hauteyn of cryes.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.330 : In chirches whan I preche, I peyne me to han an hauteyn [vrr. hautyn, haunteine] speche And rynge it out as round as gooth a belle.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)1058 : This comlych kynge..hyely hailsez þat hulke with hawtayne wordez.
- c1450(?a1400) Roland & O.(Add 31042)450 : Appon sir Rowlande he gan defy With a full hawtayne steuen.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)16 : He clepede grace dieu with an haunteyn vois, al were it she was not fer.
- a1500 Partenay (Trin-C R.3.17)2829 : Raymounde gan speke with vois full hautain.
d
- (1167) in Pipe R.Soc.1191 : Willelmus Haltein.
- (1194) CRR Rich.I in Pipe R.Soc.1422 : Johannes Autein.
- (1202) Assize R.Lin.in Lin.RS 22264 : Thedbaldus Hautein.
- (1219) Feet Fines Sus.in Sus.RS 2148 : Simon Hautein.
- (1276-7) Let.Bk.Lond.A (Gldh LetBk A)12 : Walter Haweteyn.
- (1279) Let.Bk.Lond.A (Gldh LetBk A)30 : Walter Hauteyn.
- (1297) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 16123 : Will. Hautayn.
- (1327) Sub.R.Stf.in WSAS 7223 : Robertus le Hauteyn.
2.
As noun: the treble in music.
Associated quotations
- a1325(?c1300) Caiphas (Sln 2478)161 : Wyþ bordoun, hauteyn, menamonkes [read: mene, monkes], lat me hure ȝou synge.
- c1330(?c1300) St.Patr.Purg.(1) (Auch)p.108 : Þer on sat foules of heuen and breke her notes wiþ miri gle, burdoun and mene gret plente, and hautain wiþ heiȝe steuen.