Middle English Dictionary Entry
hǒuting(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | hǒuting(e ger. Also huting, whwtynge. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Shouting, outcry, noise; also, the shouting of a hunting cry; (b) shouting in derision; to ~, for an object of scorn; (c) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)235 : Mes pucele ceo est saunz iuper [glossed:] houting [vrr. huting, crying] Les gentils faucouns aluirer.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)101b : Þilke enemyes þat fro with oute makiþ asawht, þei cometh..wiþ schowtyng & howtyng, ȝellynge & crienge of men.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1939 : I here an hydowse whwtynge on hyt.
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)229 : Howtyng, cry: Boema, So ho, þe hare ys fowndyn: Boema, lepus est inuentus.
b
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)45/496 : Ne make þu me nawt men to hutung ne to hokere.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)47/506 : Heo leac him eauer endelong þe cheping champmen [Roy: chepmenne] to huting.
- c1330 Degare (Auch)577 : Þan was þer long houting [vr. noyse] and cri; þe King was sor asschamed forþi.
c
- (1461) Will Herne in Archaeol.Cant.2893 : John Houting.
- (1471-2) Will Herne in Archaeol.Cant.2899 : John Howting.