Middle English Dictionary Entry
runten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | runten v. Also runte, ront. |
| Etymology | ?OF runeter (from Gmc.; cp. OHG rūnazan, G raunzen). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To rebuke (sb., one's own body).
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)72a/a : He runtiþ [Mrg: routeþ] & betiþ him ofte, lest a drawe to euel maners.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)3.96 : Euere his body wolde he chyde and ront [vr. runte; rimes: wont, blont]: 'What eyleth the now?'