Middle English Dictionary Entry
sācerd n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sācerd n. Also (gen.) sacerdes; pl. sacerdes, -æs, -an. |
| Etymology | OE, from L sacerdōs. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A Christian priest; (b) an ancient Jewish priest; (c) a pagan priest.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)95/15 : Se sacerd sceal þæt folc mid sibbe læren, & folc sceal mid eadmodnysse heren.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)42/5 : Þe sacerd him sceal synderlice ælcne heafodlæhtor nemniæn.
b
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)24/28 : Hit ilamp hwilon þet ðerto eoden hundtentiȝe iudeiscræ monnæ, & þet treow nimæn wolden, & hit to þæs sacerdes botle beron wolden.
- c1175(?OE) HRood (Bod 343)26/17 : Ða ða iudeiscan sacerdæs þet iherdon, þa nomen heo hire.
c
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)39/26,37 : Þær wæron hundseofentig þære sacerdan [OE þara sacerda] ealra, þe þeoweden Bele on his bigengen symle..Hwæt þa sacerdes þa mid wifen & cilden eodan into þan temple.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)41/24 : Jeronimus se halge sacerd awrat ænne pistol beo forðsiðe þære eadigen Marien, Godes cænnestre.
Note: Antedates (b)