Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǒutre adv. comparative
Entry Info
| Forms | ǒutre adv. comparative Also utter(e, uttir(e (error) uhtre. |
| Etymology | From adj. Also cp. OE ūtor, uttor, comp. of ūte adv. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Out, away; further out or away; also, out into the open; ~ trien, to separate (sth.) out, remove; (b) outside, without; (c) to a greater extent or degree; ~ sought, fully considered, carefully expounded.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)73 : Drede letteð þe mannes shrifte þe ne dar his sinnes seien þe prest, leste hit uttere cume þat hie tweien witen.
- (c1392) ?Westwyk EPlanets (Peterh 75)26/27 : Knokke thi centre defferent innere or owtre til it stonde precise vp on the closere of the signes.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1565 : Þer he bode in his bay, tel bawe-men hit breken, & madee hym maw-gref his hed forto mwe vtter.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)117/179 : 'Stonde vttir, Poule,' quoþ þe angel þen; Anon he vnselid þe pit þore.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)173 : Forwarde, or more vttyr: Ultra, ulterius.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)2.294 : In Nouember kitte of the bowes drie; Superfluent & thicke ek vtter trie [L tollamus].
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.614 : Rubrike with picche..must be do The trunk aboute, and vtter wol they [ants] go.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)5.112 : In wynter to his codde an heep of stonys Is good, that in the somer vtter don is [L debet auferri].
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)2438 : Ife thow be ferde..I rede thow ryde vttere.
- ?a1450 MLChrist (Add 39996)2116 : He toke his apostles..To þe mount of Olyuete..And went vtter in priuetee..Petre & he.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)66 : He was crepyde in-to a krage..And I hym hent by þe hede and heryett hym vttire.
- c1450(?a1400) Parl.3 Ages (Add 31042)381 : The Indyans ofte vttire þam droghen, And fledden faste of the felde.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)301/10 : Whan he com nyghe to hir she bade hym ryde uttir.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)258/34 : Þys man..set to þe roches his schuldyr, and bade hom yn þe name of God..sterte vttyr.
b
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)42 : He schulde be halden utter With mony blame.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)927 : A cite herbisyde þat Segor hit hatte; Here utter on a rounde hil hit hovez hit one.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.232 : Þe portir with his pikis þo put him vttere, And warned him þe wickett.
c
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)13 : Ne wilne þu..nanes þurȝes þe oðre mon aȝc uhtre þenne þu.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)133a/b : I ouersette or leue of of þe exquisite, i. vttersoȝt [Ch.(2): fulle; L exquisita] ordinaunce as mych as is now present.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)123/13 : Desyrynge more outre your appryse, I writte to youre Excellence this boke.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)73 : Drede letteð þe mannes shrifte. þe ne dar his sinnes seien þe prest. leste hit uttere cume þat hie tweien witen. and swiche men blameð þe prophete on þe sealm boc.
- (1401) Will in Anc.1019 : I preye to hym…that he wole take…my wruchud body to be buryid…in the nexte chirche yerd…and naut in the churche but in the uttereste corner.
- c1450(?a1370) Winner & W.(Add 31042)468 : Bot loke, lede, be þi lyfe, when I lettres sende Þat þou hy þe to me home on horse or one fote, And when I knowe þou will co[me] he schall cayre vttire And lenge with anoþer lede til þou þi lefe [take].
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