Middle English Dictionary Entry
rōte n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | rōte n.(1) Also rotte, route & (in surnames) rut(e, rutte. |
| Etymology | OF rote, route stringed instrument; also cp. ML rota, rotta. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A stringed instrument of the harp family; (b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)1853 : His rote, wiþ outen wen, He rauȝt bi þe ring.
- c1330(?a1300) Tristrem (Auch)1888 : Mirie notes he fand Opon his rote of yuere.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.236 : Certeynly he hadde a murye note; Wel koude he synge and pleyen on a rote [vr. roote].
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)8.829 : He tawhte hir til sche was certein Of Harpe, of Citole, and of Rote.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)7408 : Dauid cuth on sere-kin note Bath he cuth on harpe and rote [Frf: harpe and sing wiþ rote].
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1082 : Aungelles wyth instrumentes of organes and pypes And rial ryngande rotes..Aboutte my Lady watz lent.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)37 : He..gaf hym to glee: To cetoyle and to sawtree..Wele to playe on a rotte [vr. rote], To syng many newe note.
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)5571 : They koude the practyke Of al maner Mynstralcye..For ther wer rotys of Almanye And eke of Arragon and spayne, Songes, stampes, and eke daunces.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)69 : Ther myȝth men here menstralcye..Roowte, gyterne, lute, & sawtrye.
b
- (1166) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames302 : Godric Rute.
- (1271) Inquis.PM Hen.III in Archaeol.Cant.6240 : Walter Rut.
- (1278) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames302 : William le Rutte.