Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǒut(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | ǒut(e adj. Also ut; sup. uttest. |
| Etymology | From adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Outer; ~ half [cp. OE ūthealf], the outside; ~ side, the outer side; (b) external.
Associated quotations
a
- a1300 Owl & N.(Jes-O 29)110 : Bi heold..His nest ifuled in þe vt halue.
- (1417) Doc.in Sur.Soc.8511 : John Ampilford, John Thorp, masons..demys that a lyne be drawen fra the fore poste before fra the oute syde of the poste before to the oute syde of the poste behynd of Seynt Leonard's in to thair garthwarde.
- 1448 Rich.(Arms 58)6116 : Vttest [Brun.: Þe outemeste wal was layd to grounde].
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)459/13 : Of the which acris, ij lien in the out south side of theire seid tilthe.
b
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)68/25 : Yf hete be mad more..by hote metys and stalworthe, or for oon oute hete þat maystres and ouercomes, þanne contrarious metys helpyn, þat ys to say, colde metys.
2.
(a) Of persons: foreign, alien; (b) of countries, mountains: distant, foreign; ~ lond [cp. OE ūtland]; (c) ~ iles, distant islands; specif.?the Orkneys, Outer Hebrides, Shetland Islands, or Faeroes; (d) from or existing outside municipal boundaries; ~ man, a person who is not a burgess of the city in question; ~ parishe, a parish located outside a municipality but otherwise associated with it.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)7706 : Þai harmed þe contre on sere wys, As þai had bene oute enmys.
b
- c1425 Bible SNT(1) (Cmb Dd.12.39)Deeds 26.11 : I was more wode agaynes hem, ande pursewed hem to oute [WB(1): aliene; L exteras] nacyons.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2607 : Of Alexandere and Aufrike and all þa owte-landes, I am in possessione.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3909 : Bade hir..Ayere into Irelande, into þas owte-mowntes, And wonn thare in wildernesse within þa wast landys.
c
- c1350 To nyȝt (Arun 57)p.[5] : To nyȝt is boren a barn in Kaerneruam þat ssal wolden þe out ydlis ylc an.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)30 : He had couerede the coroun of the kyth ryche..Orgayle and Orkenay, and all this owte-iles, Irelande vttirly, as Occyane rynnys.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2359 : We hafe trystily trayuellede, þis tributte to feche..of Irelande and all þir owtt-illes That Arthure in the Occedente ocupyes.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)260/33 : He is..a myghty lorde of londys of many oute iles.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)343/11 : The cry was maade in Ingelonde, Walys, Scotlonde, Irelonde, and Cornuayle, and in all the Oute Iles.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)173 : Galehaut, the sone of the Geaunte, of the oute yles, werreth vpon hym.
d
- (1448) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 1351 : We spent at Cristemas whan we made owr Rekenyng with ye owt parishe i d.
- (1465) Doc.in Gilbert Cal.Dublin 1320 : No carter of the citte of Dyvelyn schall hyre non carte to non ostyng to non owt man, bot only to men of the citte.
3.
Of a candle or lamp: extinguished; of eyes: plucked out or blinded; of life or hope: gone, departed.
Associated quotations
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)78/22 : Þenne is þe lif ut; þenne adeadeð þe treo.
- c1300 SLeg.Dunstan (LdMisc 108)7 : Here þat liȝt barnde swiþe wel, and here it was al oute.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)567 : Ȝiueþ vs of ȝoure oyle, ffor oure lampes beoþ oute.
- c1330 Why werre (Auch)120 : Hii clateren cumpelin whan the candel is oute.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.2749 : I hadde levere..Er I were set on such a slouthe..Bothe yhen of myn hed were oute.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)375 : Owt, or qwenchyd, as candylle, or lyghte: Extinctus.
- c1450 Comp.Hope (Frf 16)120 : I leve bette that hope telleth me Thane I doo that I with eyene se! Hope in, hope out! thus kane ye foles fede!
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)425 : Þe Pardonere..weytid hym a trest ffor to hyde hym selff, till the candill were out.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)162 : Thus was þe theues craft & hys charmyng Whenne the Candyl was oute nouȝt worth a ferthyng.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)1035 : Thow the fyndes ey were owte, Fast he leyd hym a-bowte.
- a1500(1465) Leversedge Vision (Add 34193)23 : The light aperid as hit had byn owt.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)6465 : It fareþ as þe candels light Þat now brenneþ..And now is it out as tite.
4.
(a) Existing, alive; in existence, in the world; -- often with superlative; bi all the godes ~, by all the gods that be; (b) of a debt: remaining to be paid, outstanding.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)12.145 : He speketh þere..of þe hexte lettred oute.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)12.267 : To lowe lybbyng men þe larke is resembled..Thus he lykneth in his logyk þe leste foule oute.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1046 : Þay borgounez and beres blomez ful fayre, And þe fayrest fryt þat may on folde growe..As any dom myȝt device of dayntyez oute.
- ?a1425(a1400) Brut-1377 (Corp-C 174)317/7 : Hit come to his eres that þe same Piers shold lede & vse the most worst & synfullest lyf out.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)92 : In þat kuþþe þer þat Crist deyed, Þer is..a womman ful clene Þat haþ softyng & salue for eche sore out.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)2175 : Hit is lure of oure lyues, and we let sholde ffor to wreke vs of wrathe for any wegh oute.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7062 : Hit is lelly not louable in no lede oute..to tary on his tyme when hym tydes faire.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)598 : Þis barne..Miȝt wele a pere [alt. to: a prefe] for his a-port to any prince oute.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)1941 : Of alle the spicis that ben out, Hit hath the sauour without dout.
- c1465 As I fared in (Hrl 1704)85 : Though thou be richest þat is oute, There commeth a check and makyth the bare.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)2574 : I ne am noght gylty of þis, by all þe godes owte!
b
- (1475) Paston (EETS)1.372 : He seth þat be than þat þe owt chargys be boryn..we ar lyke to haue but lytyll mor mony be-syd the barly.
5.
As noun: egress [cp. ingate].
Associated quotations
- (c1475) Doc.in Bk.Brome (Brm)143 : To hym and to hys asseyneys..þe lyberte of in-gate and owtte [L ingressu et egressu] with-in þe Town and with-owte.
6.
(a) In place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.228]; (b) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- (?c1270) Deed Norris in LCRS 9368 : [A quadrant..below] le houtlone yart.
- (c1300) Deed Norris in LCRS 93139 : [A little piece of ld. in Wolueton stretching..betw.] le houtlone diche [and the ld. of Rog. s. Alan and from two butts of] le houtlone diche [to the ld. of Will. s. Agnes].
- (c1305) Deed Norris in LCRS 93136 : [Another part betw. the ld. of Hugh s. Rog. and] le houtlon.
- (1326) EPNSoc.31 (West Riding Yks.)303 : Le Outelone.
- (1328) Invent.Jarrow in Sur.Soc.2917 : Redditus domus de Jarow..pro Stainyare et Outeyare xxvj s. viij d..De decima piscariarum de Outeyare et Stanreyare vj s. viij d.
- (1329) Deed Norris in LCRS 93148 : [A pl. of ld..lying next] le Outelone [betw. Wolueton and Spek].
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.72 : [18 acres in] le Outenge.
- (1405) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.155 : [A pasture called] Outmedwe.
- (c1468) Deed Norris in LCRS 9348 : [The common] owtlone [stretching to the high way].
b
- (1327) in Kristensson ME Top.Terms80 : Will. del Outdayle.
- (1332) Name in LuSE 35125 : Atte Outhald.
- (1366) in Kristensson ME Top.Terms81 : Will. del Outsich.