Middle English Dictionary Entry
rebǒuten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | rebǒuten v. Also rebout(e, rebutte, rebuite. Forms: p. rebuted; pl. rebut; ppl. rebouth, rebuted, rebuitede, rebuit(e. |
| Etymology | OF reboter, rebouter, rebuter. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To rebuke (sb.), reproach; (b) to repel (sb.) in battle, repulse; (c) to retreat, withdraw; also fig.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)3000 : King & erls, wiþouten dout, Þer gun him anon rebout, Forto prouen his maner.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)29520 : Þat cursing tald vn-laghful es..For-þi es fele rebuted [Glb: reuyled] here Þat forwit crist self es dere.
- a1425 NHom.(3) Leg.Suppl.Hrl.(Hrl 4196)32/336 : Gamaliell..rebuted him on ruid manere And blamed him ful bitterly.
- c1450(?a1400) Siege Milan (Add 31042)743 : Was neuer kynge þat werede a crown So foule rebuytede with Relygyon.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)2154 : Aftir him monkes leryd þis lare, To weere þair clathes all of suyte, So þat na curyouste þaim rebuyte.
b
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)298/19573 : Saxons in feld þai rebut, On þam fleande sued nan ensut.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)20401 : Duk of cornewaile in þe suth landes, Of men with him, yia, ten thousandes, On þe saxons fleand, rebouth To þar flight, wald he mak na suth.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)22733 : Þe britons sagh þam so rebuyt; On þam þai made ful hard ensuyt.
c
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)139/24 : Company mayntenyth anent ham that lytill byth of value..makyth the honnoure of lordshupp rebutte in dyspite.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)246/19 : In the Wyntyr..the grete colde of heyre makyth the naturall hette reboute and retourne to the stomake and the entraill.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740:Eckhardt)12532 : Romains..Amanges þam..tok þis consaile..Þai walde na langer so trauailde be..To dele wiȝ slik rebutted thefes.
Note: New form: modify ppl. rebuted in form section to rebut(t)ed.
Note: Quot. belongs to sense (b).
Note: Gloss: ppl. rebouth as adj., of an enemy force: driven into retreat, repelled.--notes per MLL