routen

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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routen

  1. plural of route

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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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

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routen

  1. To make a loud noise:
    1. (hunting) To shout at or direct hounds by shouting.
    2. To grunt, snore.
      • [1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Reues Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, [], [London]: [] [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 [phrase or theme recurring in a ballad or folk song at the end of each verse] well strong / Men might him hear rout [snore] a furlong.]
  2. (by extension) To sleep.
  3. To rush forward; to be dragged behind.
  4. To strike or beat.

Etymology 2

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Converted from the noun route. Compare Old French aroter.

Verb

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routen

  1. To assemble, congregate, regroup.

Swedish

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Noun

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routen

  1. definite singular of route