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Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
routen
- 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
- To make a loud noise:
- (hunting) To shout at or direct hounds by shouting.
- To grunt, snore.
- (by extension) To sleep.
- To rush forward; to be dragged behind.
- To strike or beat.
Etymology 2
Converted from the noun route. Compare Old French aroter.
Verb
routen
- To assemble, congregate, regroup.
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Man of Lawes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC:
In all that land no Christian durste route.- Christians dared not assemble in that land
Swedish
Noun
routen
- definite singular of route