Obs. Also 5 iouute, eowte, iute. [In form identical with OF. joute (jote, jute) vegetable, pot-herb (L. olus), later esp. beet; in med.L. juta (cf. jutta in Du Cange).] In pl., Pot-herbs; usually, soup or pottage made chiefly of vegetables. (Cf. Sc. kale.)
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. V. 158. I was þe priouresses potagere … And made hem ioutes of iangelynge.
1390. Gower, Conf., III. 162. To gadre some [herbs] In his gardin, of whiche his joutes He thoghte have.
c. 1400. Maundev., viii. (1839), 58. Þei … lyuen porely & sympely, with ioutes & with Dates [Fr. des ioutes et des dates].
c. 1440. Anc. Cookery, in Househ. Ord. (1790), 426. Joutes on Flesh Day. Take cole, and borage, and lang de beeff, and parsell, and betes, and arage, and avence, and vyolet, and saveray, and fenelle, and sethe hom;… hewe hom smalle … put thereto gode brothe … and serve hit forthe.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 265/2. Iowtys, potage, brassica,… juta.
1513. Bk. Keruynge, in Babees Bk., 274. Than serue potage, as wortes, Iowtes, or browes.
