Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǒutwenden v.
Entry Info
| Forms | ǒutwenden v. Also outwende, (early) utwenden. Forms: p. ǒutwent & (early) ūtwende; ppl. ǒutwent. |
| Etymology | From wenden v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To go out; leave, depart; escape; (b) of sparks, fire: to fly (from armor); of smoke: be emitted (from a trumpet); of a gun: be drawn forth; ?be discharged.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)20/15 : He aras swa hal & swa isund swylce he næfre nane untrumnesse næfde, & he þa mid blisse ðænon ut wende.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)24/21 : Bead heom þa þet heo ða ȝyt ut wendon sceolden & fondian hwæðer heom god almihtiȝ æniȝ oðer asendon wolde.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)9861 : Þas six cnihtes..ut wenden bi nihte forð to þere welle.
- a1300 Bestiary (Arun 292)367 : Ðer fleges faren & fallen ðerinne, wiðeren in ðat web & wilen ut wenden.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)3546 : Aboute þe wode he lest [read: let] fulle þe grete tren..Þat it was as it were a wal þat hii ne ssolde out wende.
- a1350 Harrow.H.(Hrl 2253)129 : Þou shalt buen in bondes ay..þou shalt neuer out wende, monkunne forte shende.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)28 : Þat litel child listely lorked out of his caue, Faire floures forto fecche..& whan it was out went, so wel hit him liked.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.32 : At Gloucestre dede euelle him toke, Bot quik he out went, so sais my boke.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.39 : Ector and many a worthi wight out wente..And in the berd..Hire fomen in the feld anon hem mette.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)976 : In wo and in wrake wyckyd wytys schal wepe, Þat in my wonys wylde wyl not out wende.
b
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)605 : Of helmes & sheldes þat fyr out went so sparkes doþ of brondes.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1645 : A smoke gan out wende [vr. owt wende] Out of his foule trumpes ende.
- c1500 Chaucer LGW (Trin-C R.3.19)637 : With grysely sovne out went the gret gon.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)234 : He bileued his mantel in þes Gywes hond And him seolf al naked at þere dure vt wond.
Note: Mod. sense 'himself' the obj.