Middle English Dictionary Entry
vǒut(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | vǒut(e n. Also (N) vouth, wūt, wolt. |
| Etymology | OF volt, voult, vot, vout. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Countenance, expression; mien.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)21469 : In entres twelf…knightes…Honurable men of stat and vouth.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)24515 : Fair childer…he sagh þar…Fair of schape, of noble wut [rime: dout].
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)24543 : In uout to angels þai er lik.
- ?a1425(?a1350) Castleford Chron.(Göt Hist 740)25112 : He bihelde…Þe childes wolt.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)137 : Þe voute of thi vesage has woundyde vs all!
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)3054 : He weres his vesere with a vowt noble.