† atroutv.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To rush away, escape (with dative = from).
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the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)]
atfareOE
atcomec1220
atstertc1220
atrouta1250
ascape1250
astart1250
atblenchc1275
scapec1275
aschapec1300
fleec1300
ofscapea1325
escapec1330
overfleea1382
to get awaya1400
slipa1400
starta1400
skiftc1440
eschewc1450
withstartec1460
rida1470
chape1489
to flee (one's) touch?1515
evadea1522
betwynde?1534
to make out1558
outscape1562
outslip1600
to come off1630
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1166 Þu ne miht nohwar atrute.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 78 Þer nas prince vnneþe þat hym myȝte atroute.
c1305 Pilate 242 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 117 Hi ne þerste no whar at-route.
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