Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǒuttāken v.
Entry Info
| Forms | ǒuttāken v. Also outtak(e, outetake(n, outake(n. Forms: p. ǒuttọ̄k(e, ǒutọ̄k, (N) ǒuttūke, (error) ǒutetāke; ppl. ǒuttāke(n, ǒutāke(n, (N) ǒuttān(e, ǒutāne, ūttān(e, ūtetān. |
| Etymology | From tāken v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To take (sth.) out, remove, pull out; deliver (the soul, prisoners); pick (fruit); subtract (costs) from a sum due; (b) to make an exception of (sb. or sth.), exclude, leave out, eliminate, exempt; also, make an exception of (sth.) for (sb.) [quot.: c1450]; (c) ben outtaking of, to be shunned by (sb.), be excluded from society by (sb.); (d) ppl. outtaken, excepted, exempt; ben outtaken, to be excepted, excluded, or exempted; also, be unique or exceptional; also, be forbidden to (sb.); ben outtaken of (from), be exempt from (sth.), not be subject to; also, be unique among (deeds).
Associated quotations
a
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1878 : William wel mekli þe mete out takes.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)6.4 : Torn, lauerd, and mi saule outtake [WB(1): delyuere; L eripe]; For þi mercy saufe me make.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)123.6 : Our saule als sparw es ofe band Outane [WB(1): caȝt out; WB(2): delyuered; L erepta], fra snare ofe huntand.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)2808 : Crist visited when he was dede And þa þat þar war with hym out tuke And left nane þaryn.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.784 : Fruit be pulde, & of oon kynde alone ffrom vij vnto x, from ij til v; -- These houres vj owtake thi peris bliue.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)206/7 : Ȝif þou haue do coste in þe kepyng or in þe amendyng of þat þing, þat mayst þou outetakyn.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)100 : Neuer noon, saf he that oure lorde will, ne shall it not oute take.
b
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)1799 : He..gaf vs leue all fruyt to ett; He out toke no-thing bot a tre.
- c1390 Treat.Mass (Vrn)662 : Ȝit is þer þreo þinges on þe Bok..þat I out tok, And neuer dar make.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)46a/b : Þe age of ham is I-knowe by þe teeþ..Out of þis generalte Aristotel outakeþ þe teþ of hors, þat waxen whitely longe age.
- c1400 Ilka man (Tbr E.7)803 : If þou tak sustinance of swilk gude als god þe sendes vnto þi fode, and out-tak no maner of mete þat cristen men vses fortill ette..þan does þou wele.
- c1400 Wycl.Dominion (Dub 244)292 : It is al on to oute-take þes prelatis fro suche snybbinge of þe peple, and make hem more þan crist.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)42 : An hounde is þe moost resonable beest and beste knowyng of eny beest þat euere God made, and ȝit in som case I neiþer out take man ne oþer þing.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)1524 : A man þat passes divers landes, May sum tyme cum in grete destres..Þarefore I pray ȝow, or I ga, Þat ȝe wil out-tak þir twa.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)162/32 : Þei taken the nexte of hire kyn to hire wyfes, saf only þat þei out taken hire modres, hire doughtres, & hire sustres of the moder syde.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)67a/a : Neþerlez he out toke [Ch.(2): outakeþ; L excipit] a childez bone, for it may be consolded after þe first entensioun.
- ?a1425 WBible(2) Gloss.1 Kings (Cld E.2)14.24 : Saul synned in this ooth..for he outook not the caas of nede, which is outakun in ech comaundement and lawe.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)83/23 : It is more to vse repercussyues..þan evaporatyfes, outake saufe chaunces, Of þe whiche it is seyne Galien to outake foure causes.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.Possessioners (Corp-C 296)130 : Ȝif seculer lordis may not take temperal goodis fro clerkis..þanne is goddis lawe fals þat ȝeueþ power to kyngis & seculer lordes to ponysche generaly, outakiþ no man.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.Serv.& L.(Corp-C 296)241 : Petir & poul outaken not clerkis fro ponyschynge of lordis.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)22 : Perile of deth oonlich he outtaketh thee, if it be euident, For thanne thou miht vnshethe the swerd.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)745/20 : Of all knyghtes -- I outetake none, say what men wyll say -- he bearyth the floure.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)52 : So þat he outtak fro his generalite, boþ in mynde and in worde, his goostly warks.
- a1500 Craft Dying (Rwl C.894)411 : Verry charite ys paciente & suffreth all þingis, & in þes wordis yt is notably to be marked þat he spake of suffryng of all þingis, & oute-take [?read: outetoke; ?read: outetaketh; vr. toke] noþing.
- a1500 Degrev.(Cmb Ff.1.6)988 : Y warne þe..Þer shall be emperour ne kyg [read: kyng] Þat shal þe to bede bryng; I owt-take non.
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)113/2 : I forsake myself..in every houre, as in litel, so in grete; I outake no þinge, but in all þinges I wol finde þe made bare.
c
- a1500 Medit.St.Aug.(Hrl 1706)378 : I am so vnclene and so fowlede, that outtakyng ame of [alle], that forsakyne haue my fader and solde me to the fende folyly for a stynkyng lust of the flessh that sone shalle rote and passe awey.
d
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.136 : Ther is no regne of alle outtake, For every climat hath his diel After the tornynge of the whiel.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.264 : Withouten Air on lyve Nomans ne beste myhte thryve..There is outake, of alle, non.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)764 : Ȝee ette..Of al þe tres bot of an; Þe midward tre is vs outtan [Frf: out-tane; Göt: vte-tane; Trin-C: out-taken to us].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1144 : Þi derfli dede has liknes nan, Of all dedes it es vttan [Göt: vte-tan].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)12115 : Of your laues i am vttan [Trin-C: outaken], For erthli fader haf i nan.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)22591 : Þe tende is outane [Vsp: utenemes; Göt: vte tan; Trin-C: out taken; PhysE: outnem] to neiuen, þat is naþing vnder þe heiuen, & heiuen self hit sal be ferde.
- (a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)14/1 : Whanne he seiþ euereche soule, hit semeþ þat noon is outtake.
- c1450 Battlefield Gram.(Trin-C O.5.4)103 : How many be out take of thys rewle?
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)1 : This towcheth alle, bothe grete and smale, with outen any owt taken.
- (1464) RParl.5.534b : Any Yifte..Graunte or Grauntes..to the seid Thomas..be except, forprised, and outtaken of this Acte.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)90 : That yere was grauntyde unto the kyng that every person..shulde paye..iiij d..Freers were only owt takynn.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)339/31 : Þis seruage wente nout into al man ne into al woman, but þe betyr party of man & woman, þat is þe soule, is out-takyn fro swych seruage, and only manys body & womanys is boundyn to seruage of temperil lordis & of her souereynys.
- ?a1509 Doc.Melton in Bk.Brome (Brm)161 : Ther be non owt-take but knytes and knytes eldest chyldryn.
2.
To carry out (an action); ~ of, carry out (vengeance) on (sb.).
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Num.31.3 : Arme ȝe, he seiþ, off ȝow men to þe fiȝt, þat mowyn þe veniaunce of þe lord oute-take [WB(2): take; L expetere] of þe Madianytees.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)300/234 : Kyte oute yugilment, vta! oy! oy!
Note: per REL: Don't see any L interj., though context seems to call for some nonsense rather than a real ME word
Note: outtaken v. 1st; uta interj. 2nd--per REL