Middle English Dictionary Entry
rǒuten v.(3)
Entry Info
| Forms | rǒuten v.(3) Also route, routten; sg.3 routeth, etc. & rut, rot. |
| Etymology | OE hrūtan to make a noise; ?also cp. ON (cp. OSwed. ruta) or MDu. ruten, ruyten. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To make a loud noise, resound; of a storm: rage, roar; of wind: howl.
Associated quotations
- c1390(a1325) Ipotis (Vrn)378 : Seint Poul witnesseþ in his storie Peyne for couetyse is [read: in] purgatorie; Bi hem-seluen hit is diht A welle of bras..ful of hokes abouen and vnder; When hit goþ, hit rot [vrr. rowttyth, rowtyth, rut] as þonder.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.743 : The sterne wind so loude gan to route That no wight oother noise myghte heere.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1783 : I schal..makyn moo Rappys for to route and rynge.
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)4332 : A mangenel he leet bende..Þat ston whanne it out ffleyȝ, þe Sarezynes..cryede..'It routes [Add: rowttede] as it were a þondyr.'
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1038 : The grete soun..is..lyk betynge of the see..ayen the roches..Whan tempest doth the shippes swalowe; And lat aman stonde..A myle thens, and here hyt route.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)71/21 : Þere þou schalt see..brennynge fier, stynkynge brymston, foule stormes, & tempestes routynge.