Middle English Dictionary Entry
ōte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ōte n. Also ot, hot(e, ete, wote; pl. otes, hotes, (early) ates & oten, (early) aten & ot(e, hote, otte, wote, (early) at(e & (error) oter. |
| Etymology | OE āte; pl. āten. Also, with i- umlaut, ætena, Cockayne Leechdoms 2.84. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Pl. The grain of the oat plant, oats; (b) a grain of oats.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)12195 : Þer com spic..and aten [Otho: ote] vnimete.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14600 : He gon ȝeoten draf and chaf and aten.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)161/29 : Me nimeð ed uuel dettur aten [Nero: oten; Tit: ates] for hweate.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)80/1531 : Nas mete ne drinke be-fore him leid, Hey ne oten ne water clere.
- c1330 Degare (Auch)752 : He taiede vp his palefrai; Inouȝ he fond of hote and hai.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)4901 : Bred & wyn & flechs and oten, þer-of þay toke as þay wer hoten.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.405 : They eteth brede, colde and hote, Of barliche and of oote [Higd.(2): brede made of otes; L panem..avenaceum].
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sum.(Manly-Rickert)D.1963 : A yif that couent half a quarter otes.
- (a1399) Oath Bk.Colchester10 : For malt and ote, a pynte be hepe.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)4.45 : He..takiþ me but a taile for ten quarteris of otis [vrr. hotis, oten; C vr. ootus].
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)4.38 : Þei wolde do more..for a seem of otes Þan for loue of owre lorde.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3600 : They..Karying al hom for the grekes stoor..Hay and Otys, fodder and forage.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)159a/b : Summe ben sympellye repercussiues as..barlie and rye & otes and cokkel.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)197b/b : Senicula is liche oten.
- (1429) RParl.4.359b : Many shippemen straungiers..hyde hem priveley in yair Vesselles under wodde, wheet, ootys, seecole, and in oyer manere.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)372 : Ote, or havur corne: Avena.
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6081 : In the grete berne..In otes at are throssyn, xx quarter.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)6054 : Þat was a castel..Ful off stor..Whete and ooten [vrr. ootes, ote; hauere], pesen and bene.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)122/24 : Apium risus..cerfoylle..hatz a quyte flour and long seed lyke to otyn.
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2:Peacock)1371 : Hast þow ouer-holde corne or ote [vr. wote] Or oþer þynge þat come neuer to note?
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)210/14 : For colica passio and ilica passio..take otys and parche hem and do hem in a bagge and a[l] hote ley hem þer as þe ache ys.
- c1450 Lond.Chron.Cleo.(Cleo C.4)146 : That same yere whas a right dere yere of corn..malt whas sold for xiij s..and otis after viij d. a busshell.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)111/6 : They..toke..grasse and otis and brede for their horsis.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.53 : For sethe ray. Take ote; strey and draghe hit clene.
- a1486 Assize Bread in Archaeol.57 (Mrg M 775)60 : It is to wite when a quarter of whete is solde for iij s. or xl d..a quarter of otes for xvj d., the brewsters owe and may wel selle in citees ij galones ale for a peny.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)517 : Ther were I-nowe that ledde hem to stable and yaf hem hey and otes [F auaine].
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)785/3 : Hec avena: hotys.
- a1525(?1421) Cov.Leet Bk.24 : Þat noo Osteler..sell no derre in hur Innes nedur benes, ne pesez, ne ootys in encrease, but as the Statute wull.
b
- c1300 SLeg.Inf.Chr.(LdMisc 108)986 : Jhc ane fewe Otene founde, And þulke he caste in one felde.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10110 : Whete cornes wyl nat prykke As otes dowun or barlykke.
2.
(a) The oat plant (Avena sativa); (b) pl. a planting or crop of oats; oats as sown, grown, or in the process of being harvested.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)216a/b : Avena, Ote, is an herbe and þe seed þer of acordeþ to vse of men and of hors and haþ þat name auena for it comeþ and groweþ soone after þat it is y-sowe..and haþ vertu to relaxe and aȝens swellynge..and to clense of vnclennes of þe face.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)8a/b : Auena: an ote.
b
- a1126 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1124 : Man sælde..þat acer sæd aten, þat is feower sed læpas, to feower scillingas.
- c1300 SLeg.Inf.Chr.(LdMisc 108)990 : Þe feld with Otene was al bi gon.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.325 : Þere beeþ no schepe in þat lond..noþer corn but otes.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.375 : He that his hand wol putte in this mitayn, He shal haue multiplyyng of his grayn Whan he hath sowen, be it whete or otes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)194b/a : Fewe places in þe valeyes of whiche places vnneþ growe ootes.
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6081 : Also j hutte of otes vnthrossyn.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)81a : Þere is no bettir metynge wiþ enemyes þan..whan þey ben besiliche ocupied aboute hey makyng or otus repinge.
- a1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)44 : Ye may depart your londis in iij partis: The firste parte to be soven wt wyntur corne, þe secunde parte to be sowen withe lenten corne as with otys, pecys, barly.
3.
In cpds. and combs.: (a) ~ cake, a cake of oaten bread; ~ grotes, hulled, coarsely ground, or crushed oats; oatmeal; ~ malt, oats that have undergone the malting process; (b) ~ chaf, ~ sheves; ~ strau; (c) ~ bern, a building for storing oats; ~ lond, land planted with oats; ~ ridel, a sieve used to separate chaff from oats; (d) ~ mongere, a dealer in oats.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)7.179 : Hungir hem helide wiþ an hot [vrr. hote, ote; oten] cake.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)9a : Take a galon of gode stronge worte imade of otyr malt and boyle ham well.
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6081 : In the grete berne..x quarter of Otemalt and xvj quarter of barle malt.
- (1452) Doc.in Gilbert Cal.Dublin 1275 : All men and women that wold bryng peke bages..of whete, berr, otemalte, dregemalte, pese, benes, whetemalte.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.20 : Þe brawne take of sothun henne or chekyne..and bray þen with wyne, With ote grotis and whyte brede eke.
- a1500 PPl.A(1) (Eaton)7.266 : An hote [vr. an hauer; C: of otes; Vrn: I haue..a fewe Cruddes and Craym and a þerf Cake].
b
- a1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)46 : As for þe oxon..yevynge þem euery weke in ote shevis þe prise a j d..x ote shevis yeldyn a bushell of otys.
- a1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)52 : Let your provynder be medled wt whete chafe or ote chaffe but not with barle chafe, for þt hurtithe þem in þe mowthe.
- a1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)55 : Let þer hay be meled withe whete strawe or elis with ote strawe.
c
- (1339) Doc.Manor in MP 3441 : Walterus Edward reddit in manus domini vnam acram terre de hotelond.
- (1371) in Löfvenberg Contrib.Lex.95 : [One grange called the] oteberne.
- (1389) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.154 : [At Neubury he..allowed another barn called] otbern [to deteriorate through lack of enclosure and roofing].
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6080 : In the haghous..j litell gryndelston, ij redels, j oteredell, iij Muk waynes.
d
- (1300) in Fransson Surn.60 : Thom. Le Otmongere.
- (1327) Sub.R.Som.in Som.RS 3128 : Thomas le Otemangere.
- a1400(1356) Court R.Ambree in Archaeol.Cant.29140 : Johannes Otemonger.
4.
In surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.13].
Associated quotations
- (1182-3) Surnames in Disc.25 : William otehule.
- (c1200) EPNSoc.43 (Wm.)231 : Blachateridding.
- (c1200-5) EPNSoc.24 (Oxf.)354 : Athelle.
- (c1230) EPNSoc.24 (Oxf.)354 : Otehulle.
- (c1270) EPNSoc.24 (Oxf.)354 : Othulle.
- (1280) in Bowcock PNShrop.179 : De Otley.
- (1290) EPNSoc.11 (Sur.)99 : Robert atte Otlond.
- (1292) in Bowcock PNShrop.179 : De Ottle.
- (1295) EPNSoc.11 (Sur.)99 : Robert de Ottelonde.
- (c1300) Chart.in Capes Hereford Cath.172 : In campo qui dicitur le Otfeld.
- (1309) in Bowcock PNShrop.179 : Otlee.
- (1311-12) Freeman R.in KRec.18195 : Johannes Turgis, dictus Hotebriad.
- (1327) Sub.R.Som.in Som.RS 3263 : Willelmus atte Oteslade.
- (1327-8) Freeman R.in KRec.18187 : Johannes Otebred.
- (1327-8) Freeman R.in KRec.18187 : Ricardus de Hothfeld, Tailour.
- (1383) EPNSoc.11 (Sur.)99 : Otelands.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.90 : [In a messuage called] Mykelotes [in Berugham..he had 28 quarters of barley].
- (1420) EPNSoc.28 (Der.)417 : Otyll.
- (1461) EPNSoc.32 (West Riding Yks.)88 : Oterode.
- (1473) EPNSoc.28 (Der.)417 : Otill.
- (c1500) EPNSoc.28 (Der.)417 : Otehulle.