Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǒutrāǧen v.
Entry Info
Forms | ǒutrāǧen v. P.ppl. outraged & outrage. |
Etymology | From ǒutrāǧe n. Also cp. OF oultrager. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To act immoderately; become presumptuous or overbearing; go astray, depart from right action; commit sin; ~ in, overindulge in (sth.); (b) to grow excessively; (c) to vacillate, fluctuate, waver; ~ from, depart from (sb. or sth.), desert; (d) to expell (vices); (e) to oppress (sb.), mistreat; (f) to fight madly, rage; (g) ppl. outraged, bereft; ~ of resoun.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)3.187 : Þere were i-made tweye consuls, þat ȝif þat oon wolde outrage [Higd.(2): were insolente; L insolesceret], þe oþer myȝte hym restreyne.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10891 : Þoȝ þey outrage and do foly, He shal nat sle hem with felony.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)375 : Owtragyn, or doon excesse: Excedo.
- c1450 From þe tyme (Lamb 853)58 : Whanne we were boþe hool & strong we..wold out rage.
- c1450 Royal SSecr.(Roy 18.A.7)22/21 : If a man trespace the god of nature in good lyvyng, be it in ouyr moche etyng or in ouyr moche drynkyng, in slepyng, wakyng, traveylyng or restyng, in letyng of blood or liyng, And he outrage in eny of these, he may not fayle of gret seeknes.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)113/31 : He shall preve a noble knyght of proues as few lyvynge..and never shall he outerage.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)11123 : Who me [youth] vseth prudently And nat outrageth in no wyse..fro pereyl may wel eskape.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)127/99 : It were gret rewthe she xulde so outrage or with such synne to myscheve.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.B.1272 : If it fortune the to haue a childe..suffre hym neuer to growe ouerwilde; Keepe hym cloos as a birde in a cage, ffor if he goo at large, he woll outrage.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)254b/a : In londe þat is to fatte & moyste, þe vyne outrageþ [L luxuriat] and bereþ to many, to grete and longe leues..And lytel fruyte.
c
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)28b/a : Fluctuo: to stere, flottere, doute, or owterage.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)2145 : Hire curage..was goddys to serue, From whos seruyce she nolde outrage For no man.
- a1500 Away ffeynt (RwlPoet 34)9 : Wher schall I þat lady ffynde, That neuer wyll fro me owttrage?
d
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.2414 : Ther witt thei sette..to outrage..Fro manys liff necligence & slouthe.
- a1456(a1407) Scogan MB (Ashm 59)85 : Cherissheþe vertue, vyce to outrage: Dryveþ awe, let hem haue no wonnyng In youre soules.
e
- c1390 Psalt.Mariae(1) (Vrn)1068 : Euere vs to helpe þou beo aboute, ffor we han ben outrage [rime: bondage; L noxia secutis].
f
- a1475 Siege Troy(1) (Hrl 525)1610d : Also sterne he is in fyght, As a lyon out rages on heyght.
g
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)178/12 : They fought togedyrs fyve oures as men outraged of reson.