Middle English Dictionary Entry
bǒute(n adv. & prep.
Entry Info
| Forms | bǒute(n adv. & prep. Also bot(an, butan, but(e(n. |
| Etymology | OE būtan |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. aboute(n.
1.
(a) Outside of; binnen burgh and ~, within and without the town; (b) outside, outwardly.
Associated quotations
a
- (1100) Chart.St.Paul in RHS ser.3.5820 : Ic habbe geunnan Maurice bisceope þat bissceoperice on Lundone..mid infangeneþeofe & griþbrice binnan burc & butan.
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1116 : Þas leodon wurdon..sare geswencte þurh þa gyld þe se cyng nam, ægðer ge binnan burgan & butan.
- (1155) Chart.Hen.II in Hall EME (Hrl Charter 3.B.49)12/10 : Ic hebbe heom geunnon..fleamene frimtha ofer heore agene men, binnan Burgan & butan.
- (1296) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 1050 : Edmundus Butegate.
- (1327) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10186 : Rog. Boutegroue.
b
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)39/1084 : Þe signe hys þat hys boute ydo; Þat þynge hys grace bynne.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)41/1143 : Þe sygne of þys sacrement, Þe elyyng, ys boute.
2.
(a) Without (sth.), lacking, not characterized by, free from; (a) ~ ende, (forever) without end; ~ bot(e, without remedy, irremediable; ~ fere, peerless; ~ wer, doubtless; (b) without doing (sth.), without getting or using, without the aid of; ~ bok, without book, by heart; (c) as adv.: without, deprived, lacking something.
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1107 : Se cyng..abbod-ricen geaf and sette þe..on Normandige buton ealdre & hyrde [wæron].
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)76/29 : He wuniæn mote..& þare wynsumnesse a butæn ende brucæn.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)222 : Tanne comm he siþþenn ut All dumb & butenn spæche.
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)52 : We hit michte finden eft and habben buten [vrr. bute, a buten, o buten] ende.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)8773 : Ȝif æuere æi god cniht wule his godliche cun bute [Otho: wiþ houte] gulte aquellen.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)12/102 : Heo eft iwurðeð..to a swuch bale bute bote [Tit: unbotelich] as ha ear weren.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)84b : He ȝeoue þe sunne, & tu him þi sawle..to weane & to wontreaðe world a buten ende.
- a1275 Ful feir flour (Trin-C B.14.39)39 : Þer is blisse buten ende.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(Hrl 2277:Wright)132/25 : Ther above is Godes riche, that i-lasteth bouten ende.
- ?c1335(a1300) Cokaygne (Hrl 913)21 : I sigge for soþ, boute were, Þer nis lond on erþe is pere.
- (a1333) Herebert Þou wommon (Add 46919)1 : Þou, wommon boute uere, Þyn oune uader bere.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)211 : Boute eny liuing lud, left was he one.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)523 : For malyse is noȝ[t] to mayntyne boute mercy wythinne.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)9582 : God is knowen skilfully..for he is bout syn.
- 1592 Chester Pl.(Add 10305)2.55 : This cote boute [vrr. bout, with out] seame, To breake yt were shame.
b
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1117 : And on morgen butan gefeohte on gean ferden.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)75.20/1 : Þus þu scealt hy niman on augustus mo[n]ðe butan yserne.
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)108.82/8 : Nim webræde & cnuca wyð smera botan scealte [read: sealte].
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)30/11 : God..makæð mihte & wundræ butæn ælcum men.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)996 : He hit mahte don buten ewt to leosen of his hehnesse.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)64b : Þenne þohte ich gan awei..& nalde bute leaue.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)183 : We muȝe bet..wit-ute cheste, & bute fiȝte, plaidi..mid riȝte.
- a1300 A Mayde Cristes (Jes-O 29)196 : Bidde ic þat þu..leorny bute bok vych del.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1461 : Godli boute grucching alle graunted sone.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1285 : For lur þat he soȝt boute hone.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)5/18 : Euer er þai vnder, bot gaudes and gile.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)4070 : This was a mache vnmete bot myghttis of Criste.
- a1450(a1400) Medit.Pass.(2) (Add 11307)291 : Þei sholden..han fallon to grounde..But comfort of þi swete speche.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.PP (GoughETop 4)127/31 : Mony..deyd bout foloȝt.
- c1500(?a1437) ?Jas.I KQ (SeldArch B.24)st.8 : Doun I lay bot ony tarying.
- 1607(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hrl 2124)305/583 : Now dryves on but [vrr. bout, bowten] dyn.
c
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)3748 : Hit was swuþe mouchel scome..þat scholde a quene beon king in þisse londe, & heora sunen beon buten [Otho: boute].
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)113a : Stamin habbe hwa se wule, hwa se wule beo buten [Tit: wiðuten].
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)824 : Þis vn[s]avere hyne Lovez no salt in her sauce; ȝet hit no skyl were Þat oþer burne be boute.
- a1500 Trental St.Greg.(2) (Adv 19.3.1)107 : Pynes thare hym dred non forne Of purgatory no of helle..Þe ton hase ende, þat oþer is bowte.