Middle English Dictionary Entry
sā̆del-bou(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sā̆del-bou(e n. Also sadel-boughe, (early) -boȝe, & sadille-boue, saddil- & (in surname) sadel-bogh. |
| Etymology | OE sadol-boga, sadel-. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The arched front part of a saddle, pommel; also in proverb [1st quot.]; (b) as surname & place name.
Associated quotations
a
- a1250(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Mdst A.13)94/205 : If þu hauest soreȝe..Seie it þine sadel-boȝe & rid te singinde.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)8148 : Wawain him ȝaue a dent of howe And cleued him to þe sadel-bowe.
- c1330(?a1300) Guy(2) (Auch)p.460 : Þe sadel bowe he clef atvo.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)90/1778 : Þe dede kors..Fel out ouer þe sadel bowe.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2691 : In the place he lay as he were deed, His brest to brosten with his sadel bowe.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)2462 : Þe geant..Strake ful fast to him ogayn, Til at þe last..He rest him on his sadelbow.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)5140 : He..hitte him lowe And bare him ouer his sadel-bowe.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)13017 : Here swerdis hangyng on here sadelbowe..thus they reden.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)418/16 : He toke hym by the coler and pulled hym oute of his sadyll and bounde hym faste to the sadyll-bowghe.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)491/31 : The Lady of the Lake toke up hir hede and hynge hit at hir sadill-bowe by the heyre.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)106b : A Saddyll bowe [Monson: Sadylle bowe]: Arculus.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)136 : Placidas hadde hitte kay on the helme, that he lened on his sadill bowe [F larchon de la sele].
b
- (1279) Hundred R.Tower 2357 : Ricardi Sadelbowe.
- (1279) Hundred R.Tower 2381 : Johanne Sadelbowe.
- (1316) Pat.R.Edw.II586 : Hugh Sadelbogh.
- (1323) Pat.R.Edw.II284 : Sadelbowe.
- (1445-6) Doc.Lynn in Nrf.Archaeol.6239 : Radulfus Sadilbowe.