Middle English Dictionary Entry
trǒut n.
Entry Info
| Forms | trǒut n. Also troute, trought(e, trouhte, trouȝt, trouth, trut(e, trught, trot(e, trowit, troite, (in names) trutte, truce, trite, torut & (?errors) trough, troyde, (error) tryotht; pl. troutes, etc. & troȝtes, trute. |
| Etymology | OE truht (from L) & OF truite, troite, troute, trute & L tructa, ML trut(t)a, truita, troita, AL trude. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Any of several food or game fish of the genus Salmo, prob. including the common trout (S. fario) and salmon trout (S. salar) and perh. also the sea trout (S. trutta);—freq. as a commodity; (b) a trout or the flesh of a trout considered as a food or as an ingredient in a dish; a dish of cooked trout; also as an ingredient in a medicinal preparation [quot. c1450 Med.Bk.(1)]; (c) in prov. or conventional comparison: hole as a (ani) ~, hole sum ani ~ [cp. fish n. 4., pike n.(2) (c), pikerel n. (b), etc.]; (d) in surnames; (e) in place names [see Smith PNElem.2.188].
Associated quotations
a
- (1290) R.Familiae in Archaeol.15354 : Pro uno paner' gurnardi de Chig. iiij s. vj d..pro iiij troites de eodem vij d.
- (1312-13) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9910 : Troutes, salmon, macrell.
- (1344) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9940 : In 10 salmon et 30 trutes, 6 s. 10 d.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)1.423 : In þe oþer [pond] is perche and trouȝtis.
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52182/23 : Pro j trouhte, ij s.
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52217/21 : Pro iiij troȝtes xvj s.
- (a1422) Doc.St.Alb.in RS 28.5 pt.2 (Cld E.4)317 : Duo magni trute.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)67b/a : Truta, piscis: a trouȝt [Hrl 2270: trowte; Cnt: trouth; Pep: trowt].
- a1450 Simpson Nominale (Simpson)95/339 : Troite: trough.
- c1450 Treat.Fish.(Yale 171)155/9 : Wyth how many herys ye schall angle with for euery fysche: ffyrst for the menewes, with a lyne of on heyr..ffor þe trowyt, the grelyng, and þe barbyl..with a lyne of ix herys.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)618/2 : Truta, quidam piscis: a trwght.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)131a : A Trute: Truta.
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)77/313b : Trude: troyde.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)763/40 : Hec truca: a tryotht.
b
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)21 : Take Trowtys, Rochys, Perchys, oþer Carpys..an make hem clene, & aftere roste hem on a Grydelle.
- c1450 Brut-1431(1) (Eg 650)447/8 : Firment with Baleyne, Pyke, Lamprey Poudered, Troute..Grete Crabys.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)88/234 : To make a woman to conceyue: Take a trowte and seth it in gotis mylke and giff it hir to drynke.
- c1450 Yale 163 Cook.Recipes (Yale 163)169.99/1 : Troughte boyled: Take a troughte; nape hym yn the hedde.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.50 : Take swongen egges and hew with alle; Frye hom in buttur in panne sone And styr hit wele..With trowȝtes..Wele soþun and hakked..frye hom in buttur..To serve on fysshe day.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)578 : Soolus Carpe Breme de mere, & trowt, þey must be takyn of as þey in þe dische lowt.
- c1475 Gregory's Chron.(Eg 1995)141 : Braune with mustarde, elys in burneus..pouderyde trought..bake mete in paste, tartys, and a sotylte i-callyd pellycane, etc.
- a1500 Sln.442 Menu in Hieatt Ord.Pottage (Sln 442)p.110 : For þe kyngges tabill on fysche day..A potage, trught, perche, fflownderys.
c
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)8150 : He was hale sume ani trote.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11884 : Bi þat þou þar-of cum vte þou sal be hale sum ani trute [Frf: as a troute; Göt: als ani troute].
d
- (1177) in Pipe R.Soc.26120 : Robertus Trutte.
- (1202) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames355 : William Trute.
- (1230) in Pipe R.Soc.n.s.4182 : Ricardus Troyte.
- (1301) Nickname in LuSE 55114 : Joh. Hucketrout.
- (1301) Nickname in LuSE 55135 : Joh. Newetrute.
- (1325) Nickname in LuSE 55156 : Rob. Schaketrot.
- (1327) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames355 : Troute.
- (1327) Nickname in LuSE 5567 : Joh. Buctrut.
- (1327) Nickname in SAU 63196 : Rob. Torut.
e
- (1179) EPNSoc.42 (Wm.)14 : Trutebec.
- (1272) EPNSoc.42 (Wm.)188 : Trutebek.
- (1292) EPNSoc.20 (Cum.)29 : Trytebek.
- (1314) in Ekwall Dict.EPN458 : Trucedale.
- (1377) EPNSoc.42 (Wm.)14 : Trutbek.
- (1443) EPNSoc.42 (Wm.)189 : Troughtebek.
- (1454) EPNSoc.42 (Wm.)197 : Trowt-bekebrigge.