Middle English Dictionary Entry
underlǒuten v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | underlǒuten v.(1) Also underloute, underlouton(e, undireloute; p.pl. underloute. |
| Etymology | OE underlūtan |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To be subject (to sb., God, etc.); ppl. underlouting, submissive;
(b) to make (sb., oneself) submissive (to sb.);
(c) to show reverence (to the name of God);—used fig.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(c1340) Rolle Psalter (Hat 12)5/20 : Þis shinand boke es a chosen sange bifor God, als laumpe lyghtenand oure lyf…dignite of gastly persones, tunge of prive vertus, þe whilke heldes þe proude tille meknes and kynges til pouer menne makis vnderloute [UC 64: vndireloute; Wor: vndirlowtyng].
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)32/4 : Schal not þanne mannes soule vndirloute to Crist in worde & dede?
- ?c1430(c1400) Rule & T.St.Francis(1) (Corp-C 296)46 : We dwelten to-gidre in chirchis, & weren idiotis, & vnderloute to ale men.
- a1450 Mandev.(3) (BodeMus 116)113/28 : He wolde dispolyen here lond but if they woldyn ben vndyr his subieccioun and hym vndyrloute [L sibi subicere].
b
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)83/14 : Obeie ȝe to ȝoure souereyns & vndirloute ȝe to hem.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Heb.13.17 : Obesche ȝee to ȝoure prouostis and vndyrloute ȝee to þem.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)511 : Vnderlowton [Win: Vnderlowtone]: Subjicio, subjecto.
c
- a1425(c1400) 5 Wits (Hrl 2398)17/9 : Þat tunge is ful vnable for to namne þe name of god wharto al heuene and erþe schal bowe and vnderlowte, þat is defouled wiþ suche vnþryfty speche.