Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǒutren v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | ǒutren v.(2) P. ū̆ttrid; ppl. ū̆ttred, ū̆ttered. |
| Etymology | OF outrer |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To defeat (sb. or sth.), overcome, bring down; also, discomfit (sb.), damage; (b) refl. to banish (oneself).
Associated quotations
a
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5819 : Philmene..with a fell dynt, Vttrid Vlixes vne in the place.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7076 : Honerable Ector..holly the herhond hade at his wille, And haue vttred his Enmyes angur þat tyme.
- (1472) Paston (EETS)1.363 : She shall calle there-vp-on such tyme as shall be to your most rebuke..She hath evill councell, and þat wull see you gretely vttered.
b
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)162/26 : Suche women as do amisse and use synne and folye..outre hem self from the grace of God.