Middle English Dictionary Entry
rǒuten v.(4)
Entry Info
| Forms | rǒuten v.(4) Also rout(e, rute(n, rutton; ppl. routinge, etc. & routond; p. (early SWM) reat, (early SW) rotte, (late WM) rut; pl. routed & (early SWM) ruten, (late WM) rut; ppl. routed, rut. |
| Etymology | From OE hrūtan, p. hrēat, pl. hruton; for sense cp. OI hrjōta to burst, spring up, etc. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To rush, move quickly; of objects: move with speed, shoot forth; ~ forth, fly off, burst; (b) of the sea, waters: to surge, swell, churn; ~ on (to), of a ship: crash or be flung onto (a rock); ~ togeder, of waves: splash together, swash; ~ up, of a stormy sea: surge up; (c) routinge rein, driving rain; routinge rige, raging storm; routinge wind, gusty wind.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)53/568 : Þer lihtinde com an engel of heouene & reat to þet hweol.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Bod 34)104/730 : Ruten forð [L excuterentur] wið swuch rune þe stucchen..bimong ham..þet ter weren isleine..fowr þusent.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)6806 : Cariolus..And Theseus kyng to-geder routed With speres scharpe, that men myȝt here.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)424 : A dart..Tak him in honde and teche hym it to ster And caste it at that pile, as at his foo, So that it route and right vppon hym go.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)2129 : Fro behinde aboute is beste it [attack] brynge, And with the boorys hede route in beforn.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5699 : His shippes..Gird on the ground..Till þai rut on a Rocke & rent all to peses.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)12691 : Euyn bounet to þe bonke barges & othir..Rut euyn to þe rokkis with a rank will.
b
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)339/522 : Hit feol..þat þe se cam eorne & rotte ȝeorne.
- ?c1335 Þe grace of godde (Hrl 913)122 : Þe erþe, þe watir þan sal sprede, Route and driue al forwode.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)1343 : Þay seȝe þe waȝes of þe se harde to-gadre route.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21869 : Þe see sal rise and rute [Göt: route].
- a1425 SLeg.Magd.(2) (Trin-C R.3.25)299 : Þe see bygan to routen & wynde to blowen.
- c1440 St.Chris.(Thrn)370 : Þe water bygane to bolne & rowte And ofte-tims hym turnede abowte.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3695 : The wyndes full wodely wackont anon, Rut vp the rughe se on rokkes aboute.
c
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)354 : Fro seven dayez ben seyed I sende out bylyve Such a rowtande ryge þat rayne schal swyþe.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)117a : Þe sonne..Somtyme..riseþ cleer & bright..but þanne comeþ a routynge wynd aȝenst hym þat makeþ the bright colour as reed as fuyre.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1986 : There a tempest hom toke..With a routond rayn ruthe to be holde.
2.
(a) To pull (sb.), drag, draw; (b) to throw (sth.), cast, hurl; ppl. routed, of rain: poured or hurled (from the sky); of the devil and his followers: cast out (from bliss); (c) to shake (sth.), agitate.
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)47/511 : Þet eadi wummon..reat hit [read: him] wið þe raketehe vnrudeliche swiðe.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)18/23 : As me reat [Roy: ledde] hire inwart, ha bigon to bidden þeos bone to ure lauerð [read: lauerd].
b
- c1400(1375) Canticum Creat.(Trin-O 57)301 : We were þus fro blesse rut And þow in þat blisse put.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)3662 : Vnto the Castel ar thei gon..Thei sette engynes al aboute, And grete stones thei did In route.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)439 : Rutton [Win: Rowtyn; KC: rwtyn] o[r] throwyn: Projicio.
- c1450 Mandev.(4) (CovCRO Acc.325/1)2822 : Than cast he the pecis hym about Also ferre as he mai ham rout.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)2328 : Have of grene tymbour grete rollys And loggys leyd to route vppon her pollys.
- ?a1525(?a1475) Play Sacr.(Dub 652)703 : I shall with thes pynsonys..Shake thys cake owt of thys clothe And to the ovyn I shall yt rowte.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)9637 : That day was full derke, dymmyt with cloudes, With a Ropand Rayne rut fro the skewes.
c
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)11.299 : Myghtyly they route [L commouent] hit to and fro.
3.
To strike, strike a blow; beat (sb.), strike; ~ under se, ram (an enemy ship) below the water line; reisen and ~, make war and strike; -- used fig.
Associated quotations
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)325/155 : Þou bes lassched, lusschyd, and lapped. Ȝa, rowted, russhed, and rapped.
- c1450 Swarte smekyd (Arun 292)15 : Heuy hamerys þei han..Stark strokes þei stryken on a stelyd stokke: Lus, bus! las, das! rowtyn be rowe.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)2803 : Chese a feeld he can, bataile to holde, And myghtily sette on liburnys bolde, First with the frounte al vndir see to route.
- a1500 As I walkyd vppon (Hnt HM 183)64 : Inuidia..is a wykkid wownd..Þer he hath pour to reyse and rowte [vr. Rought].
- a1500 The man that wol (Hrl 3542)p.309 : Thy rakys, thy rowndis..thy foynys, lete hem fast rowte.