Middle English Dictionary Entry
rǒuten v.(5)
Entry Info
| Forms | rǒuten v.(5) P.sg. rūt. |
| Etymology | OF roter, router, AF ruter to belch. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
In phrase: ~ out, to blow, exhale; ?snort.
Associated quotations
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)912 : He [dragon] rut out roidly with a rede hete, Þat all blasit the bent on a breme lowe.