prep. and adv. Sc. Obs. Forms: 4–6 ututh, -outh, 5 -owth, 6 utoth; 4–6 vt-, wtouth (5 vttouth), 5 vtouthe, 6 vtowth; 4–5 otouth (5 otow, otowth, outhouth), 5 oututh, 6 -outh; 5 vteuthe, 6 uteucht, utewcht (6 wtew). [Sc. var. of OUTWITH.]
A. prep. 1. Without, outside of, in respect of position.
c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, xxviii. (Margaret), 68. Scho … gefine wes to fostir & fede wtouth the towne.
14[?]. Burgh Laws, vii., in Sc. Acts Parlt., I. (1844), 334/2. He sall noch mote ututh þe burgh.
1478. Acta Auditorum (1839), 59/2. [He] nocht being lauchfully warnit to his defenss and seruit vteuthe þe schire.
1536. [see OUTWITH prep. 1].
1557. Peebles Burgh Rec. (1872), 237. Vnfremen that duellis … vtouth the burgh.
2. Out of, out or away from, throughout, in respect of motion. 1375.
c. 1375. [see OUTWITH prep. 1 b].
1530. Burgh Rec. Edinb. (1871), II. 37. The said seiknes … spreddis vtouth the toun in diuers placis.
1534. Bellenden, Livy, II. vi. (S.T.S.), I. 147. Þai durst put na thing vtouth þe wallis.
B. adv. Without; on the outside; ontwardly.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, II. 299. Till thaim wtouth send thai sone, And bad thaim herbery thaim that nycht.
c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, xxxii. (Justin), 170. A lytil vngument he hym tacht, & bad hyme ga … & þe wallis oututh ennoynt.
1398. Munim. de Melros (Bann. Cl.), 489. My demaynis … with al þe appourtenaunce vtouth and enovth.
1455. in Charters &c. Edinb. (1871), 80. Baith in the watter and vtouth.
1491. Cartular. St. Nicholai Aberdon. (New Spald. Cl.), I. 255. Nay chaplane of the College nor vtouthe.
1512. Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., IV. 348. Ane coup … nettit with gold of florising utewcht.
1532. Reg. Privy Seal Scot., II. 190/2. Assemblies to be had within our realme or utouth.
transf. 1453. Dunfermline Reg. (Bann. Cl.), 341. Þe quhilkis … I will all vtrali be excludit and neuer to be herd in jugement na vtouth.
1496. Acta Dom. Conc., II. 23. Decerning the sammyn to be of nane availe … in tyme tocum in jugment nor utouth.
