Middle English Dictionary Entry
adǒuten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | adǒuten v. Ppl. adouted, adoghted. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. dǒuten.
1.
To be afraid; to fear (sb.); ben adouted of, be afraid of (sb.); ppl. as adj. adouted, feared, redoubtable.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)190/16 : Þo gan him sore a-doute.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)3466 : He was coraious & gode kniȝt & michel adouted [Cai: dredde] in euerich fiȝt.
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)970 : To þis adoutede duk Dindimus sente.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1097 : Ye noblist of nome þat neuer man adouted..the prise of your prowes passes o fer.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)656/10 : He sente to the Haute Prynce to gyff hym leve to juste with othir knyghtes, but he was adouted of syr Launcelot.
- (1471) Paston (Gairdner)5.101 : Be ye not adoghtyd off the worlde, ffor I trust all schall be well.
- c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced.(Grv 60)247 : Philip chases as cheefe chaunces too fonde, Too bee adouted as deth in diueres londes.