Middle English Dictionary Entry
rutson n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rutson n. Also rutteson, rutsom(e, rotson. |
| Etymology | AF ruteison, var. of OF *ruitaison; also cp. ME rut(te n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Rutting of male deer; ~ tide (time). York MGame 21: The hertes þat bene in greet hilles, whane it commeþ to Rut some [vr. Rutsonn] tyme [vr. ruttson; F temps du ruyt], þei come adoun in to grete forestis.
Associated quotations
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)236 : Al þe tyme fro þe Rutson [vr. Rutteson; F ruyt] in to Whitsonday into Rut som tyme, men shul fynde but fewe gret deer, saue upon þe hilles.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)60 : Noon of alle þies þre maneres of houndes ne hunten not atte hert in Rutsomtyme [vr. rotsonn tyme].
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)96 : Naþelees men han sene at þe first fyndeng, or sone aftir, deere turne þe hede, and oftenest in Rutsontyde.