Middle English Dictionary Entry
lǒuting(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | lǒuting(e ger. |
| Etymology | Cp. lǒuten v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A bow, a kneeling, a genuflection, an obeisance; ~ of hed; (b) bows, genuflections, bowing; bowing and scraping; (c) reverence; worship; (d) bending down, leaning, stooping.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (Bod 416)76/22 : And so þei breken Godis hestis, charginge more findinges up of men, as beckinges and loutinges, rites and mytes, as diden þe Iewes þat diden Crist to deþe.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)104/178 : Þe maiden thanked him of his saw And toke hyr leue with lowting law.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)309 : The kyng, with loutynge of his heed honourynge the presence of goddes mageste.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)393 : Medea..Whan she sought into sale, salute hom all, With loutyng full low to hir lefe fadir.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)24/116 : Wenest thou that me list avaunce suche persons as loven the first sittinges at feestes, the highest stoles in churches and in hal, loutinges of peoples in markettes and fayres?
b
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.15 : Þei can telle ape signes, and lowting, as it were holynesse.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)244 : Summe ben lefte to þe comoun peplis owne devising..as ben wering of clene garnementis in hali daies..lowting, bowing, kneling, falling adoun.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)1093 : With law lowting þai salbe bayn.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)11713 : Thus with lowtyng & leue, the ledis depertid.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.OFools (LdMisc 683)163 : They..Love weell rownyng, loutyng, and reuerence.
c
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)7847 : Þare es lowtyng and reverence, And boghsomnes and obedience.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)562 : Wherbi (as these blamers seien), ydolatrie is doon, sithen thilk lowting which is to be ȝouun oonli to God is ȝouun ther yn to creaturis.
d
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)316 : Lowtynge: Conquiniscia [Win: Conquinicio], in conquinisco, inclinacio.