v. Obs. Forms: 1 utun, 1–2 uton, utan, 2–3 uten, ute, vte (3 oute). [Later form of OE. witon, wuton, originally subj. (= ‘let us go’) of OE. ʓewítan I-WITE v.2] An interjectional form used with an infinitive verb, having the force of a subjunctive, with the sense ‘Let us —.’
c. 888. K. Ælfred, Boeth., xxxiv. § 7. Uton lætan þonne bion þa spræce.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. xvii. 4. ʓyf þu wylt, uton wyrcean her þreo eardung stowa.
a. 1175. Cott. Hom., 241. Ute we nu isi wice bioð ure ifo.
a. 1200. Moral Ode, 333. Vte we us bi-werien wid þes wrecches worldes luue.
c. 1205. Lay., 20635. Uten we heom to liðe.
c. 1275. Passion of our Lord, 173, in O. E. Misc., 42. Ariseþ vp … and vte we heonne go.
