Middle English Dictionary Entry
lū̆tter adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | lū̆tter adj. Also lutur & (early) hlutter, hlutur, hlutre, (sg. gen.) hlutres & (in place names) louter, lottre, lotterna. |
| Etymology | OE hlūtor, hlūttor. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Clear, pure, unadulterated; (b) morally pure, sincere; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.253].
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.852 : He scolde gife ilca gear..twa tunnan fulle hlutres aloð..& sex hund hlafes.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)10/5 : Wið earane sare, eft nim þa ylcan sealfe hlutre, drupe on þat eare.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)9/29 : Menge syððe wið hlutre ele and cnuca.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)45/4,23 : Nim gladenan and hlutter pic and meng togadere..and ȝif he after spiwe, sile him drincan hlutur ecede, ær he eta.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)226 : Pro quocumque vulnere supra guttur..for to hele hyt & open hyt, stampe hyt to geder lutur [?noun omitted] & netesflesch & do þer apon.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5707 : Þe sexte seollþess ædiȝleȝȝc Iss clene & lutterr herrte..Swillc herrte niss forrblendedd nohht Þurrh ahhtess grediȝnesse, Ne þurrh nan oþerr flæshess lusst.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)73/26 : Gif he godd hafð to iwitnesse ðat he mid hlutter herte hit doð.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)123/9 : Hit beoueð ðat hie bie wiel lutter and ðat ðar ne bie forholen non atter.
c
- (1244) EPNSoc.9 (Dev.)470 : Lottreford.
- (1390) EPNSoc.9 (Dev.)470 : Lutterforde.
- (1396) EPNSoc.9 (Dev.)470 : Lotternaford.
- (1446-58) EPNSoc.34 (West Riding Yks.)212 : Louterstan.