† aˈrout, v. Obs.
[A doubtful word, the reading and sense being uncertain in both quotations. The first may read arounted, see arunt, or a-routed from rout; the second reads route in all the early MSS. If arout existed, it might represent OF. arouter to start (one) on his way, send away, f. à to + route.]
| 1399 Rich. Redeless iii. 221 But, arouutyd ffor his ray, and rebuked ofte, He had leue of þe lord..to go or he drank. 1721 Chaucer's Man of Lawes T. (ed. Urry) 442 In all that lond no Cristin durst arout [Six-text, no Cristen dorste route]. |