Middle English Dictionary Entry
rǒuten v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | rǒuten v.(2) Also rout(e, routten; p.sg.2 rot; sg.3 rout(te, rutte, routed & (error) rented; pl. rout(t)en, rutte(n, rotte, routed(e. |
| Etymology | OE hrūtan to snore, p. hrēat, pl. hruton. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To snore; also, snort, grunt; (b) to slumber, sleep; also fig.; (c) to dwell; be at rest, settle permanently.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)56/1180 : Ase ȝif a slep, he gan to route.
- c1330 Roland & V.(Auch)629 : Vernagu rout þore As a wild bore Þo he on slepe was.
- c1330 Roland & V.(Auch)652 : Vernagu asked..'Who leyd þis..ston Vnder min heued so?'..Quaþ rouland..'Certes it was y, For þat þou rot so.'
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)246 : F. en dormant ruffle: W. in slepynge routith.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3647 : The dede sleep..Fil on this carpenter..eft he routeth, for his heed myslay.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.2731 : Whanne he is falle in such a drem..He routeth with a slepi noise.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.6895 : The servantz lich to drunke Swyn Begunne forto route faste.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.398 : He..roxed and rored and rutte [C: routte] atte laste. 'What! awake, renke!' quod repentance.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)186 : He..Slypped vpon a sloumbe-selepe, and sloberande he routes.
- c1410 Trev.Higd.(Add 24194)8.17 : Unneþe he myȝte suffre hem þat rowtede [L stertentes..vix tolerabat] and ferde foule in here sleep.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)110 : Strong notty ale wol mak ȝou route.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)438 : Rowtyn, yn slepe: Sterto.
- c1450(c1353) Winner & W.(Add 31042)436 : Ȝe negardes..Routten at ȝour raxillyng, raysen ȝour hurdes.
- c1475(?c1425) Avow.Arth.(Tay 9:French&Hale)179 : The bore..began to romy and rowte [rimes: stowte, doute], And gapes and gones.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)81/35 : The good man..made semblaunt that he had slepte, and routed.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)106a : To Rowte: Stertare [Monson: stertere].
- a1500 Discip.Cler.(Wor F.172)51 : And as somoche the more he mygt disceive the thief, he snorted and Rented [?read: Reuted] as he had bigonne to sleepe [L quasi dormiens stertere c"pit].
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Prov.10.5 : Who gedereth in rep is a wijs sone; who forsoþe routeþ [WB(2): slepith; L stertit] in þe somer is þe sone of confusioun.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)18.7 : I..Rested me þere, and rutte faste tyl ramis-palmarum.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)15.95 : Riche men routten [vrr. routte, routen, routed, routide, rutten, rutte, rotte] þo and in here reste were, Þo hit shon to þe shepehurdes a shewere of blisse.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.2938 : Lowe on my knees now I muste loute To þilk god þat makeþ men to route And causeth folke to haue glad swevenes.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)108 : Thow ne schall rowte ne ryste vndyr the heuene ryche.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)2766 : This gardeyn is..ful of may flouris..The wich been so redolent..That he muste be ryȝte lewd, [þat] þerin shuld route.
c
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)10.78 : Dowel..sauiþ þe soul þat synne haþ no miȝt To routen ne to resten ne ro[t]en in þin herte.
- c1425 Glo.Chron.A (Hrl 201)p.39 : We beþ men wyde y driue aboute From contrey to contrei, þat we mown nower route [Clg: atroute].
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)5215 : Whe [read: We] cristen folk..Haue so gret stryfe þat þer may no pees rout.
- a1500 Aboue all thing (Roy 17.B.47)p.261 : In kynges corte wher money dothe route, Yt makyth the galandes to jett.