Middle English Dictionary Entry
salūten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | salūten v. |
| Etymology | L salūtāre |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To greet (sb.) courteously or respectfully; visit (sb.); of Gabriel: make the Annunciation to (Mary); ~ ayen, return (someone's) greeting; (b) to address (sb.) rudely, insult; (c) to greet (sth.), welcome; bless (a house); (d) to bow, bend.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.43.27 : Þey holdyng ȝiftez in here hondez offirden to hym & loutiden..& he goodlich hem aȝeyn salutide [WB(2): grette..aȝen; L resalutatis].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 13.10 : Samuel cam & Saul wente out to meetyn hym for to salutyn hym.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.193 : Cineas..saluted and grette þe senatoures.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.9 : Marie..went mekeli in hast to salute her cosyn.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)36/20 : Sche salutyd hym as sche cowd, prayng hym of hys gracyows lordshyp to grawnt, [etc.].
- c1440 Chaucer CT.Sh.(Lin-C 110)B.1284 : Salutith [Heng: This goode wyf..hym salueth].
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)4.307 : Themperour..salutede [L Salutatus]..of a pye and of a sterlynge, causede theym to be bouȝhte.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)5/158 : In þe xide pagent goth Gabryell And doth salute oure lady ffre.
- c1475 As I me lenyd vnto (Trin-C R.3.21)24 : The popyniay..seyde, 'thys ys my propurte, With Aue or Kirie salute a kyng.'
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)108/3 : The prynces saluted theim with gret reuerence.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)4.40.83b : He saughe..a wondir faire damysel..whom..he had saluted, & sche had wolcomed him ful connyngly.
- a1500 7 Sages(1) (Cmb Ff.2.38)197/497 : Feyre he saluted þe emperour And gret hym with grete honour.
b
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)114/10 : Hou Seint Bernard and his broþer saluteden here syster for such maumetrie: Seint Bernard clepede hure 'þe deuelis net', þat oþer seide sche was 'a tord wrapped in maumetrie'.
- a1500 Bevis (Cmb Ff.2.38)70/291 : Befyse..saluted þe kyng on þys manere..'Iesu..Geue the, syr kyng, hys malyson.'
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)438 : On a rewde maner he salutyd all the rout, With a bold voyse carpyng wordys stout.
c
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mat.10.12 : Ȝe entrynge in to an house, grete ȝe or salute [vr. salutith] ȝee it, sayinge, 'Pees to this hous.'
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Heb.11.13 : Alle þise been deade, þe hestis not takyn, But þei lokande to þem afer and salutande þem.
d
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)12.62 : Let bowis multiplie, And afterlong on euery side hem plie, Salutyng [glossed: vel loutyng tort; L curetur, vr. curuetur] eest & west & north & south.