louten

From Old English lūtan, from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną.

• loute, lowten, lowton, lowtyn, lowte, lutenn

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːtən/

louten

1. (transitive, intransitive) To bow; to lower oneself in prostration or submission.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To become submissive; to follow the orders of or yield to somebody.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To pray or show devotion towards a deity or religious figure.
4. (usually transitive) To revere or admire; to show deference for somebody.
5. (intransitive) To crouch or squat; to lower one's body.
6. (transitive, intransitive) To lower one's head; to slouch or droop.
7. (intransitive) To fall over; to topple (often in the context of death)
8. (intransitive, rare) To travel or go downwards or down.
9. (transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To decline; to suffer from ill luck.

The inflection of this verb as a class 2 strong verb (let, *louten/leten, *loten) is restricted to Early Middle English and even then rare.

• lowting

• English: lout (obsolete)
• Scots: lout, loot, lowt

• “lǒuten (v.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-14.

From Old English lūtian, from Proto-Germanic *lutōną.

• lutie

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːtən/, /ˈluːtjən/

louten

1. (transitive, intransitive) To conceal; to place out of sight.
2. (transitive, intransitive, rare) To live or inhabit.

• “lǒuten (v.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-14.