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úte, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§446; §558;
Outside, without.
where there is motion to the outside
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  • Ne com se here oftor eall úte of ðǽm setum ðonne tuwwa,

      Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 19.

  • Ðæt hé up heonon úte mihte cuman,

      Cd. Th. 27, 10; Gen. 415.

  • Móste ic úte weorþan, 23, 34; Gen. 369. I a. fig. with the idea of degradation, out, from one's position :-- Bútan ðám ánum ðe for heora leahtrum of hyra endebyrdenesse útor (uttor, Wells Fragm.) áscofene synd exceptis his quos abbas degradaverit, R. Ben. 115, 9. I b. out, into another's possession :-- Wearð ðæt land úte and hæfdon hit cynegas

    ablatum est in manibus regum,

      Chart. Th. 271, 27.
on the outside
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  • Ic eom úte

    ego foris sum,

      Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 242, 5.
outside a house, any enclosed place, etc.
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  • Petrus sæt úte (

    foris

    ) on ðam cafertúne,
      Mt. Kmbl. 26, 69: Lk. Skt. 1, 10.

  • Tó ðá wíggendum ðe ðǽr unróte úte (

    outside the tent

    ) wǽron,
      Judth. Thw. 25, 29; Jud. 284.

  • Gé standaþ ðǽr úte (uuta, Lind.

    foris

    ),
      Lk. Skt. 13, 25: Jn. Skt. 18, 16: 20, 11: Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 30: Blickl. Homl. 201, 18: 217, 35.

  • His líchoma wæs úte bebyriged néh cyricean

    positum corpus ejus foras juxta ecclesiam,

      2, 3; S. 504, 31.

  • Mycel menigu ymb hine sæt, and tó him cwǽdon: 'Hér is ðín módor úte (foris),' Mk. Skt. 3, 32. (1 a) in a special sense. v. út, I. 1. a 3 :-- Sum coþu is ðære wambe, ðæt ðone seócan monnan lystep útganges, and ne mæg ðonne hé úte betýned bið (when he is at the closet), Lchdm. ii. 236, 3. (1 b)

    out, not residing

    in a place :-- Ðæt muneca gehwylc, ðe úte sý of mynstre...; gebúge intó mynstre,
      L. Eth. 5, 5; Th. i. 306, 2. (1 c) in reference to persons :-- Ðæt mód mæg findan on innan him selfum ealle ða gód ðe hit úte sécþ, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 25. (1 d) where the locality is non-material :-- Ðam ðe úte synt ealle þing on bigspellum gewurþaþ, Mk.Skt. 4, 11.

  • Nú sind wé úte belocene fram ðam heofenlícan leóhte,

      Homl. Th. i. 184, 13.

  • Ðǽr wæs Evan wóp úte betýned,

      Blickl. Homl. 7, 14
outside, on the outer side
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  • Gé ðæt úte is calices geclǽnsiaþ,

      Lk. Skt. 11, 39.
out, out of doors, in the open air
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  • Se cyng hét him úte setl gewyrcean

    rex, residens sub divo,

      Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 38.

  • Hí slépon úte on triówa sceadum,

      Bt. 15; Fox 48, 12: Met. 8, 27.

  • Gnættas cómon ofer eall ðæt land, ge inne ge úte,

      Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 36, 30.

  • Ic seah wyhte twá úte plegan,

      Exon. Th. 429, 10; Rä. 43, 2.
out, away, at a distance
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  • Úttor

    exterius, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 240, 7: Exon. Th. 426, 35; Rä. 41, 84. (4 a) out, away from habitations, in open country :-- Hé ne mihte on ða ceastre gán, ac beón úte (foris )

    on wéstum stówum,
      Mk. Skt. 1, 45.

  • On burgum beóþ blóstmum fægere, swá on eorðan hég úte on lande,

      Ps. Th. 71, 16.

  • Hé genam hine æt eówde úte be sceápum, 77, 69. (4 b)

    out, from home on service

    :-- Hié wǽron simle healfe æt hám, healfe úte,
      Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 18.

  • Hí lágon úre ealne ðone herfest on fyrdinge, 1006; Erl. 140, 9. (4 c) out, not in one's own country, abroad :-- Him leófre wæs ðæt hé úte wunne ðonne hé æt hám wǽre, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 110, 30. (4 d)

    out, away from land

    :-- Án ígland ðæt is úte on ðære sǽ,
      Chr. 895; Erl. 93, 24.

  • Ðá sǽton hié úte on ðam íglande,

      918; Erl. 104, 11.

  • Gefeaht Scipia wið Hannibal úte on sǽ,

      Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 204, 36.
marking degree or extent
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  • Hí nánwuht ne magon ufor ne útor (

    beyond

    ) findan,
      Bt. 34, 12; Fox 154, 16.

  • Ðám ðe him ðás woruld úttor lǽtan, ðonne ðæt éce líf Exon. Th. 109,

      28; Gú. 97.
Etymology
[O. Sax. O. Frs. úta: Icel. úti.]
Similar entries
v. þǽr-úte; út, útan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “úte.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/34121.

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