routen

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Noun

routen

  1. plural of route

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hrutan (“to make a noise; snore”). Compare Middle Dutch ruten, ruyten, Old Swedish ruta, Old Norse hrjóta (“to burst, spring forth”).

Verb

routen

  1. To make a loud noise:
    1. (hunting) To shout at or direct hounds by shouting.
    2. To grunt, snore.
      • , →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, , : [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes , 1542, →OCLC, folio xvii, verso, column 2:
        This myller hath ſo wiſely bybbed ale / That as an horſe he ſnorteth in hys ſlepe / Ne of hys tayle behynde he toke no kepe / His wyfe bare to hym a bordon wel ſtrong / Men might hem here route a forlonge.
        This miller hath so wisely bibbed ale / That as an horse he snorteth in his sleep / Nor of his tail behind he took no keep / His wife bore to him a burden well strong / Men might him hear rout a furlong.]
  2. (by extension) To sleep.
  3. To rush forward; to be dragged behind.
  4. To strike or beat.

Etymology 2

Converted from the noun route. Compare Old French aroter.

Verb

routen

  1. To assemble, congregate, regroup.

Swedish

Noun

routen

  1. definite singular of route
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