Middle English Dictionary Entry
oughtes adj.
Entry Info
Forms | oughtes adj. Also ouȝtes, aughtes, auȝtes, aȝtes. |
Etymology | OE ōwihtes, āhtes, sg. gen. of āwiht, āht n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Worthy; esp. worthy in warfare; stout-hearted, brave; (b) in existence, living; (c) of things: of any value.
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)282/136 : 'Ich habbe ane guode Caumpiun..And anne felawe'..'Lat me iseo..i-chulle loki ȝweþer huy beon ouȝtes.' Ore leuedi nam þo seint domenic..And seint Fraunceis al-so guod.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2247 : Icholle þuder sende Constantin..& tuo hondred kniȝtes al so..þat god dede mowe do Mid þe folc of þe lond ȝif hii aȝtes [B: auȝtes; vr. ouȝtes] beþ.
- a1400(a1325) Glo.Chron.B (Trin-C R.4.26)797/242 : Oure kinges hare fon ouercome & hare fon þat auȝtes [vr. ouȝttes] were alle slowen oþer nome.
b
- a1425(?a1400) Cloud (Hrl 674)14/10 : He wolde not leue þee þus liȝtly for loue of his herte, þe whiche he haþ euermore had vnto þee siþ þou were ouȝtes.
c
- a1400(a1325) Glo.Chron.B (Trin-C R.4.26)3091 : Auȝtes [vr. aughtys; A: Wo as yhurd such folye, wer þer ne be in non ende Stones þat aȝte be, bote hii hider sende].
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)9411 : Two men þat oughtes be May kepe þe issue & þe entre.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)88/20 : Seynt Poule..haþ here nempned vs þe grettest goodes þat a man myȝt do..penaunce of body, suffre martirdom..And ȝif suche goodes beþ nouȝtes, how scholde lesse goodes ben ouȝtes [Ayenb.: by worþ; F vaudroit]?