Middle English Dictionary Entry
sachel n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | sachel n.(1) Also sachelle, satchel, sac(c)le, sechel(le, cachel, cechel(le. |
| Etymology | OF sachel, sacel & L sac(c)ellus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A small bag, sack, satchel; a wallet, purse; (b) fig. the belly; (c) med. a small bag used as a support or for a binding.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1362) Cellarer R.in Nrf.Archaeol.7164 : Pro iij horscheppes, ij s. In saccles.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 10.4 : Nyle ȝe bere a sachel [L sacculum], nether scrip, nether schoon, and greete ȝe no man by the weye.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)49/6 : Summe wiþdrawen from her wombe boþe mete & drink to spare her purse, and Gregor seiþ þat þis fasting is for her sachel & not for God.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)101/321 : Fill þa sachels ful of stanes.
- a1425(a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)140.186/1 : Take smale sachellis of canuas and fille hem full..& seeþ hem, and whan þey buth ynowȝ, take of the canuas.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.3.84 : Our ledere draweth togidre his richesses into his tour, and they ben ententyf aboute sarpleris or sachelis [L sarcinulas], unprofitable for to taken.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)180a/a : In distilland togider or at onez with a 3 cornered pece of a felte or with a saccle, i. bag, be þe water ytaken.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)21 : Bagge, or sacchelle: Saccellus.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)64 : Cechelle [Win: Cechel]: Saccellus.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)451 : Sechelle [Win: Sechel]: Saccellus.
- a1450 SLeg.Fran.(2) (Bod 779)233 : Ne tit þe purs ne cachel þin mete þer-in to bere ac alle þin hope do on me & ich þe wil were.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)238/172 : Satcheles I will ȝe haue, And stones to stynte all striffe.
- c1450(?c1425) St.Mary Oign.(Dc 114)152/26 : She..wolde haue taken þe weye in siche araye wiþ hir sachelle & cuppe.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)37/25 : He tuke a grete sachell & fyllid it full of money.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)17174 : Aboute hyr necke, I sawh ek wel That ther heng a gret sachel [Pilgr.LM: sak; F sac].
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)133 : Now opyn yowr sachell wyth Laten wordys, Ande sey me þis in clerycall manere!
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)38.11 : My substance..is anence the & with the, til whaim it quemys, not in sachelis [vr. sacles], bot for naman is withouten syn.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)443 : Crist..bad hem..bere not vpon þer backis baggis ne sachels to begge þus.
- 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)130/133 : My sotchell to shake out to sheppardes am I not ashamed.
b
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)12897 : 'What thyng ys Tast?'..'Yt ys the mouth off my sachel, Wherby passeth euerydel.'
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)49a/b : Þe hole of þe ȝerde be holden open wiþ tentez of wex or of cloþ, And be þer made ligaturez to þe maner of a bag or a sachel to sustene or bere it vp with a biegirdel so þat it holde.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)93b/b : Be þe place bounden & sustened wiþ a sacchel [Ch.(2): bagge; L sacculo] & a ligament, i. byndyng.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)96b/b : Ligaturez..ar made..In burse of þe testiclez with a coyfe, In þe ȝerde wiþ a sachel and [read: to; L ad] a brekegirdel ybounden.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. satchel.