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routen

1. plural of route

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

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.

Converted from the noun route. Compare Old French aroter.

routen

1. To assemble, congregate, regroup.
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Man of Lawes 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:

     In all that land no Christian durste route.

     Christians dared not assemble in that land

routen

1. definite singular of route