Middle English Dictionary Entry
sabaoth n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sabaoth n. Also sabahoth, sabaot, saboath. |
| Etymology | L Sabaoth pl., from Gr.; ult. Heb. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Coll. The heavenly hosts; -- used only in phrases: oure lord (lordes) ~, lord god ~, lord (god) of ~; (b) = sabat n.; ~ dai.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)p.191 : Holy! holy! holy! Lord, God, Sabaoth.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)3 Esd.9.46 : Esdras blesside þe lord god, alþer heȝest god of sabahoth al myȝty.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)127b/b : We beþ I-tauȝt to trauaile in þe vyneȝerd of oure lordes sabaoth [L sabaoth].
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)124/21 : Þe crie of hem entreþ in-to þe eres of oure Lorde Sabaoth.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)145 : Themanuel, this Lord of Sabaoth, Hath ostis angelik that multitude, That noon of hem..woote Their numbir.
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)13916 : Quar-for sua hate yee me þan, For i mad hale a sek man Apon þe dai o yur sabaot?
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)11987 : Apon þar sabaoth þus he did, And mani childer was þare emid.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)49/1 : Vmbethinke the to halowe the Sabaoth [vr. Sabat] day.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)49/3 : It is commaundid us to hallowe the Sonday in-stede of the Juwes Sabaoth [vr. Sabat].
- c1460 Love Mirror (PRO E 164/26)3/27 : Þe disciples of ihu plucked þe eerys of corne & eten þeim for hunger on þe sabaoth day.
- 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)235/121 : We have brought you a man that had no sight and one the sabaoth day..was healed.
- 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)235/133 : This man..doth violate the saboath daye.