Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǒutrāǧe adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | ǒutrāǧe adj. Also (pl.) oultrages. |
| Etymology | From noun. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Extravagant, excessive, immoderate; bibulous; ~ dispense(s(s, excessive expenditures; (b) proud, exalted; also, boastful; (c) unruly, unrestrained, violent; wanton, ?fickle; ?inconsistent; inharmonious [quot.: c1475]; (d) wicked, egregious; of the weather: very bad; of a wound or of danger: grievous; of an accusation: shocking, intolerable; (e) bizarre, marvelous; of a man: abnormal, crippled; of heat or cold: extraordinary, extreme.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Sluggy & slowe (Lamb 523)14 : Malencolicus: Ynvyws, dysseuabyll..owtrage in exspence, hardy y-noghe.
- c1425 Chaucer CT.Mel.(Petw 7)B.2180 : Þouȝe attempre wepinge be graunted, certes outrage wepinge is defended.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)16/19 : I had dyvers tymys mor hurte with outrage takyng of meate & drynk & slepe þan with abstinens þeroff.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)70/17 : Vndertakyng of outerage dyspense--þat is, whan a man makyth gret outrage & lettyth for no gret cost, þat men schulde holdyn him large & fre þerethrugh.
- c1450 Royal SSecr.(Roy 18.A.7)8/33 : The Rentis..myght not susteyne ne mayntene ther outrage dispenses.
- c1460 Chaucer CT.Pars.(RwlPoet 149)I.412 : Outrage [Heng: this is in..outrageous array of clothyng].
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)90b : Owtrage: Excessiuus, prodigus..superfluus.
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)67/30 : Now comeþ..theves, outrage men of drynke, glotones, [etc.].
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)89/12 : He þat hath made hym dronkyn þrouȝ glotonye and outrage takynge of drynke, let hym susteyne thre disciplynes.
b
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)3031 : Ȝyf þou for pryde art outrage Þat þou are come of hygh lynage, Beþenke þe weyl fro when þou cam.
- c1450(?a1400) Roland & O.(Add 31042)199 : Þou art to outrage [F trop vos avancez]; Fayrere myghte þou batayll wage Þan all daye thus to chide.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)641/12 : By outerage orgulyte of myself, I have slayne othir ten knyghtes.
c
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)21134 : Alle euen peris, alle frendes and broþer..Of thewes fair, nankins vtrage, Of strengh, pruesse, of facund gode, Curtais, and in A wille þai stode.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.Ex.AW (Dgb 181)103 : Some women outrage, some stedfast been & true; Some renne in riote..Suche woll disceyue, there nature is so frayle.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)15265 : Þe kyng of wyll was so otrayge..he commawnd þat þei suld be slayn.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)55/138 : Scle no wyght with wurd nor wyll; Wykkyd worde werkyht oftyn tyme grett ill..therfore of spech beth not owt-rage.
- c1475 Lydg.HGS (Hrl 2251)p.119 : Thynges outrage [Lnsd: contrarie] bien founde in every kynde -- A cherol of birthe hatithe gentil bloode.
d
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)1294 : Þis ffoure þinges [accusations] hi bere on him, & al was ffals & outrage.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.263 : In Wales is a schreward to werre risen on..& prince þei him cald, þat bastard outrage.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)19976 : If it tide so gret multitude Of germanies folk so rude Com on þam and sette..In ful vtrage peri[l] wer þaie.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)26330 : Fulhard in felde to gider þai faght; And sone ful vtrage harmes þai laght.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Mary Oign.(Dc 114)158/29 : Þe erþe..playned, þat sofferyd men so contraryous to her creatour in so outrage shrewdnesse.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)155/13 : Þei grucche, ȝif god sende hem..outerage wedyr or fayling of frute.
- c1450 Lychefelde Comp.G.(Lamb 853)243 : I haue myspendid my ȝong age..A glotoun, a letchour, y was boþe two..Alas! whi haue y ben outrage?
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)35/18 : Men of levyng be so owt-rage..þat..god wyl be vengyd on vs.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)60ba : They synne moche more .. þat employe the sondayes .. in lecherye, in goyng to tauernes in the seruyse tyme, in gloutony and drynkyng dronke, & in other synnes oultrages ayenst god.
- a1500(?c1414) ?Brampton PPs.(1) (Sln 1853)p.2 : Of my mysdedys venge the nought..Spare thy peple that is outerage.
- a1500 Methodius(3) (Stw 953)631 : Ysmaellys sonys..xull wyn all þe ylys of þe see..& do many a dede owtrage.
e
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)29 : A selly in siȝt summe men hit holden & an outtrage awenture of Arthurez wonderez.
- ?a1425 Const.Masonry(1) (Roy 17.A.1)p.262 : So that the prentes be of lawful blod, The mayster schal not..Make no prentes that ys outrage; Hyt ys to mene..That he haue hys lymes hole all y-fere.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)65/17,19 : Þare es owtrage calde by cause it es at þe north syde of þe werld..And on þe south syde of þe werld es it in sum place so hate þat na man may dwell þare for þe owtrage hete.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)72/24 : Þare may nane liffe þerin by cause of þe owtrage [Man.(1): gret] hete of þe sonne.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)9637 : If þou haue an outrage hete, To greue þe it wole not lete.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1475 WBk.Phil.& Astron.(Sln 1315)58/23 : Thes bythe the synnese of the mone..sone waxe wrothe & owterage.
Note: Additional quot., sense (c).