Middle English Dictionary Entry
prūt interj.
Entry Info
| Forms | prūt interj. Also ptrot, tprut, tprot, thprut, trupth, trut. |
| Etymology | AL ptrut, phrut & OF trout, trut, tproupt, tropt. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: ?Cp. also twotte interj.
1.
An exclamation of contempt or disapproval; ~ for, a fig for (sb. or sth.).
Associated quotations
- ?c1300 Songs Langtoft (Frf 24)391 : Tprut! Skot riveling, In unseli timing crope thu out of cage.
- a1350(1307) Execution Fraser (Hrl 2253)230 : Tprot, scot, for þi strif! hang vp þyn hachet ant þi knyf.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)3187 : 'He is king and kinges sone'..'Tprut!' [vr. & prut] þai seyden euerichon.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)3014 : Prut for þy cursyng, prest!
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.317 : A foule herlote him slowe -- trut for his renoun!
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)505 : Trut or ptrot [Win: thprut], skornefulle word: Vath.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.115 : Trupth for þe þat distroyist Godys temple.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1291) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.27 : [Robert de Suttone…cast vile contempt upon him…by saying these words in English,] 'Tprhurt, Tprhurt…Tphurt'.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1872 : Ȝea, trupt…y set noȝt by þy sawes.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)55a/a : Racha: trupt [Hrl.2270, Cnt: ptrupt; St.J.: tut] or fy [Pep: interiectio ebraica indignantis].
- ?a1450 Mem.Cred.(Tan 201)99/4 : Trupt [vr. tpurt] for him þat destroyeþ goddus temple.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)118 : As an henne that hath leyd kakeleth anoon so to eche wiht; telle it anoon. 'Tprw, tprw,' j sey, 'tprw, tprw.'
- a1456 Of alle þe craftes (Add 16165)p.37 : Þe tydee soyle þat doþe þe lande vnbynde Ageyns þe hil, 'Tpruk In, tpruk out', I calle ffor of my ploughe.
Note: New spelling