Middle English Dictionary Entry
sak n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sak n. Also sak(k)e, sac(e, sack(e, sauke, sach(e & (rare) sāk, sāc & sek(ke, seke, sec(k(e, cek(e, sech, (K) zech(e; pl. sakkes, etc. & sekces, sak(ke, sac, sact. |
| Etymology | OE (cp. WS sacc, Merc. sec, OK sæc) & OE sæcc sackcloth & ON (cp. OI sekkr) & OF sac, sach & L saccus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: See also sak-clōth n.
1.
(a) A sack, bag; also fig.; ~ and ston, completely; (b) a sack for grain or flour; (c) a sack for money or valuables; also, a purse; (d) cook. a sack or bag used in kneading dough; pl. a culinary dish made in and shaped like sacks [cp. sacheus n.]; (e) a receptacle for food on a journey, scrip; (f) a sack used as part of execution by drowning; (g) in proverbs.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)2019 : He wolden..trusse al þat he mithen fynde Of hise, in arke, or in kiste, Þat he mouthe in seckes þriste.
- (1329-30) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9917 : 1 sace, 4 d.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 14.17 : Þou hast selid as in a litil sak [WB(2): bagge; L sacculo] my giltis.
- c1390(?c1350) SVrn.Leg.(Vrn)87/1522 : He sauh wher a fend wend And a gret bok in his nek Trussed, in þe maner of a sek.
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5286/27 : Edwyne Moreyn, sewster, pro filo ab ipsa empto ibidem et pro factura de xxj sakes et emendacione de xiij veteribus sakks.
- (1403-4) LRed Bk.Bristol2.182 : No Smyth yclepid a Rowsmyth..be[re] nowȝt thorow the towne no maner of yreware to sylle in here armys no vppon here hedys in no sakkes pryvy ne appiert.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)66/14 : The bleddre..is a manere susceptorie, i. takere, as a basyn or a sekke of þe superfluyte of vreyne.
- (1429) J.Boys in Nrf.Archaeol.15145 : The fryday were ocupyid by byddyng of ye styward wt ye parson of Heyham ledyng sechis.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)64 : Cek [Win: Ceke]..or poke: Saccus.
- c1440 St.Chris.(Thrn)388 : Had all þis werlde bene in a sekke And laide one lofte appone my nekke, Hevyere myghte I noghte hafe borne.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)86/15 : A religious man was war of a fend syttand in a hy place in þe kurk, holdand opyn a grete sekk in his left hand.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)263/28 : Whanne þou bewreyist counseyl, þou faryst as a sacche wyth-oute botome.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)5127 : Swych wer foul & blake of syht Lych to a colyers sak.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)38a/a : Þe stomac is ordeyned..for it schulde be þe saak & þe cheste of al þe bodies mete.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)168b/a : Putte it in a sacke þat mowe couere al þe parties aboute þe wounde & wel afer fro þe wounde and leye it aboue þe boond of þe wounde as hoot as he may wel suffre it.
- a1500 Methodius(3) (Stw 953)395 : Iapheth-ys kynrede wold not ho But stroy caymys kynrede sak & ston.
- a1605(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Stw 952(2))18232 : Haltynge..makythe my sake to be more full.
b
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)402 : He nam a guldene nap, was Pharaones þe king, & putte in þones sakke, wiþinne þe prene.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)2307 : Here seckes woren alle filt wið coren, and ðe siluer ðor-in bi-foren.
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.22 : [A] wyndowcloth [and 3] sakez [worth 3 s. 4 d.].
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.5248/11 : Pro xxxij sackes per ipsum emptis ibidem pro dictis auenis imponendis.
- (1396) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.116 : [In the bakehouse: 2] sakkes.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Knt.PW (Phys-E)p.140 : Poc no sekk no hauid he nan Quar in he moht this quete do.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4859 : He [Joseph]..did a siluer cupe at hide In a sek þe corn be-side.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4895 : If in þar sekces be oght funden Lok þai alle be tain and bonden.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)7.9 : Summe shal sewe þe sak [B vr. sakkus] for shedyng of þe whete.
- (1412) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.243 : Knedyngtubbe, [a] sak [and a] pychfork [worth 2 s. 10 d.].
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6079 : j fat for branne, j grete leppe, iij old sekkes.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)94a/b : Þanne þat membre so y woundid..wexiþ inflexible..riȝt in þe same maner as whoso took a long sak þe which while it is empty yt is long and flexible or myȝty to be bowid; But whanne it is fulfillid of ony maner of greyn it schortiþ & wexiþ inflexible.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)99/21 : Ioseph..sette hom to mete and bade full hor sekkes wyth corn.
- a1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)50 : Se þat þe mesures haue a clothe vnder þer fete to kepe þe corne þat falithe when it is put in to þe sekkis.
c
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Hag.1.6 : He that gadrid hijris sente hem in to a sac, or bagge, hoolid or broken.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)331a/a : Fiscus is a comyn sak or a bagge in þe whiche þe eschetour and rente gaderers doþ þe commune dette and custume þat is y-payed to kynges.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)7073 : Such sleghtes I shal yow nevene: Barelles of wyn, by sixe or sevene, Or gold in sakkis gret plente.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1118 : There nas..Ne jewel, fretted ful of ryche stones, Ne sakkes ful of gold, of large wyghte..That Dido ne hath it Eneas ysent.
- ?a1440 Hortus (Brist-U)271 : Cruma uel crumena: a purs or sak of mone.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)43a : To kepinge of þese goodes, þere were ordeyned ten saccus in eueriche choort and oon sak in whiche þese goodes were putt ynne, and..þe enleuenþe sak þe whiche was ycleped þe almes sak, to þe whiche euery kniȝt and sowdiour ȝaf a certeyn porcioun of his soude to biryeng of his felawes ȝif eny were slayn in þe oost.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)504/25 : He..made hym to take of a seke with his awn hand in presens of þies ij men.
- a1475 Rev.St.Bridget (Gar 145)10/20 : The worlde..it stondes as an open sake to whom all rynne.
d
- ?c1400 Form Cury (Dur-U Cosin V.3.11)140.186/1 : Sakkys [Add: Sachus: Take smale sachellis of canuas and fille hem full of þe same fars & seeþ hem, and whan þey buth ynowȝ, take of the canuas, rost hem & colour hem &c.].
- a1500 Hal.Gloss.(Eg 829)7 : Vas in quo pinsitur pasta: a cowele or a sake.
e
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 9.7 : Bred faileþ in oure sackis [WB(2): scrippis; L sitarciis].
f
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2200 : That I be fals and if I do that lakke Do strepe me and put me in a sakke And in the nexte ryuer do me drenche.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)49/4 : Þe iudge..commandid þis yong man to be put in a lyn sekk..& so to be casten in a depe watir.
g
- c1400 Wycl.Blasph.(Bod 647)422 : To bye a catte in þo sakke is bot litel charge.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)5049 : Men say two gret may nat in o sak.
- a1475(1430) Lydg.St.Marg.(Dur-U Cosin V.2.14)14 : A Royal Ruby in whiche ther is no lak, May closed ben in a ful pore sak.
2a.
(a) A full sack, a sack with its contents; -- freq. in similes; ~ ful, a filled sack; ?also, the measure of a full sack [quot.: a1325]; (b) a filled sack used as a mattress and as a defense against projectiles; (c) used fig.: man's body; also, man's skin; ~ ful of dong (drit, filth, etc.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1300 SLeg.Fran.(1) (LdMisc 108)249 : An Asse..sackes..berez al-so.
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.Abp.(Hrl 2277)189 : A lute blac sac as þeȝ hit were among hem þis foweles bere.
- c1300 SLeg.Edm.Abp.(Hrl 2277)291 : Þe deuel him nom þerbi faste þat he nemiȝte noþing do; Vpe him he lai as a sak þat he was al ouercome.
- a1325 SLeg.(Corp-C 145)126/144 : In hore gerner þat amti was amorwe hi fonde & nome To hondred sak uol of gode wete hi nuste wanne it come.
- ?c1335 Heil seint Michel (Hrl 913)p.156 : Hail be ȝe marchans wiþ ȝur gret packes Of draperie, auoir-depeise, and ȝur wol sackes.
- c1375(?c1280) SLeg.Nativ.(Eg 1993)609 : Asses bere sackes and corn aboute to bringe.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.4021 : At the mille the sak adoun he layth.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.4206 : I lye as a draf sak in my bed.
- a1425(?c1350) Ywain (Glb E.9)2032 : Þat da he kest þan in his nek Als it war a mele-sek.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)6518 : He..The bodyes cleue In-to the schare..Ther aketons ferd as toren sekkes.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)12316 : To his fode ordand he for þi A lytell seke full of fayr qwete.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)392/12 : He was als hevy on his bakk as it had bene a grete sekk full of barlie.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)594/10 : Kynge Marke..made no deffence but tumbeled adowne oute of his sadyll to the erthe as a sak.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)168b/a : Whanne it [a sack containing a poultice] is cold take it aweie & leye þerto sich anoþir sacke.
- a1500 When nettuls (BodPoet e.1)p.269 : Whan spawyns byld chyrchys on a hyth And wrenys cary sekkes onto the myll..Than put women in trust and confydens.
b
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.429 : Iosephus heng sakkes ful of straw aȝenst the strookes of þe engynes..But þe Romayns..kutte þe roopes of þe sakkes.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)802 : Josophus..sette on þe walle side sakkes myd chaf Aȝens þe streyngþe of þe stroke þer þe stones hytte.
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)85/15-16 : Eche may haue a sacke I-fillid wiþ strawe or wiþ hey, oþer ellis a cowche in stede of a sacke.
c
- ?c1335 Þe grace of godde (Hrl 913)30 : Wormis of þi fleisse schul spring; Þi felle wiþ oute nis bot a sakke, Ipudrid ful wiþ drit and ding.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)216/2 : Huet is man bote uelþe and a zech uol of donge?
- a1400 Alle-mighty god in trinitie (Roy 17.B.17)40/355 : Þou art al stynk & slayme with-Inne, and a seckeful of muk pryue, þat is couerde with þat foule skynne.
- c1400 Bk.Mother (Bod 416)121/14 : We ben unclene erþe, wormes mete, a sak ful of drit.
- c1400 Wycl.DSins (Bod 647)125 : As Seynt Bernarde seies, a mon while he lyves is a seck ful of drytt.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)566 : Man here es nathyng elles Bot a foule slyme, wlatsome til men, And a sekful of stynkand fen And wormes fode.
- c1425 Mirror LM&W (Hrl 45)181/2 : What is a man..but..a sak ful of donge, and at þe laste, mete to wormes?
- c1450 Mirror St.Edm.(5) (Cmb Ii.6.40)242 : For what is a man's body but a sakeful of stinkynge filþe?
2b.
A full sack taken as an amount or standard measure [see Zupko DE Weights]: (a) of lime; (b) of wool, usu. equal to 364 lbs.; ~ weght; marke of the ~, a subsidy on wool levied by the sack.
Associated quotations
a
- (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.168/870 : Item, for v lodes of lyme and iiij sakes, þe lode att xij d., v s. viij d.
- (1427-8) Rec.St.Mary at Hill69 : For iij sak lyme to þe same mason, vj d.
- (1440) Acc.Bk.Carpenter Co.5 : Item, payde for ij Sake lyme, iiij d.
- (1443) Acc.Bk.Carpenter Co.9 : Item, for ij sawke lyme, ij d. ob.
- (1459-60) Acc.St.Michael Bath in SANHS 2556 : Pro j sacke lyme empto pro dictis diversis tenementis ad opus ecclesie, v d.
- (1465-6) Acc.Howard in RC 57323 : Item, to the same place iij sakkes lyme, vj d.
- (1469-72) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.31528 : Payed to Granger for ij lode lyme and v sakkys for the Chirche and for Okeleys hows.
b
- (1275-6) in Gras Eng.Cust.Syst.225 : xl sackes et i poke de laine.
- (1422) RParl.4.173b : Of all Marchants Aliens, a subsidie of liii s. iiii d. of every sak weight of Wolle.
- (1425) RParl.4.304a : Of alle sacs of Wolle, or Wolfelle, shipped by Merchantz Englissh, and perisshed..the said Merchantz Englissh shuld be discharged of the subsidee of yat so perisshed.
- (1429) RParl.4.359b : That ye Bullyon be brought in to ye mynte at Caleys, yat is to say, for ech sarpler of Wolle, of which the sak weyght is sold for xii Marc, vi li.
- (1435) Proc.Privy C.4.291 : The Tresorer..do his power to bye withynne þis reaume þe somme of ccxxij sarplers wolle..accontyng for every sarpler oon with an oþer ij sact d. j.
- (1437) Proc.Privy C.5.42 : Of þe same somme þe Treserour of England doo make laie of the marc of the sak graunted to Caleys.
- (1437) Proc.Privy C.5.43 : Þat þe said Tresourer & Chamberlin take somoch upon of marc of þe sak, or of þe xx s. of þe sak, assigned for þe wages & rewardes to þe said souldeoures.
- (1443) *Bench Bk.3 Hull23b : No possessioner..shall kepe nor receyve withyn his hous any Wolles or wolle felles of his owen ne of other mens that shall amont or excede a sak weght or c shepe felles without that he make knowlage therof to ye Maier.
- (1451) Pet.Hen.VI in Archaeol.Ael.n.s.3184 : Nicholas Haynynge, ij sakke, j quarter, viij nailles..William Horsle, j sake, viij naile wolle.
- a1500 Weights in RHS ser.3.41 (Vsp E.9)13 : Woll is weyd by this weyght, butt itt is nott rekynnyd soo, for ytt is bowght odyr by the Nayle, or the Stone, or the Todde, or els the Sakk.
- a1500 Weights in RHS ser.3.41 (Vsp E.9)16 : By this Romane yere a Sacke of Woll was made first, For a sacke woll conteynyth for euery day in the yere, excepte one day and vi ouris, j lb. woll..and so the sacke wyll cont[ain] iii c lxiiij lb. woll..Also Woll ys sold by numbre and schipped to, as by sacks, sarplers, and pokys; ii sacks make a sarpler, and x sarplers make a laste.
3a.
A sack-like part of the human body: (a) the belly, stomach; (b) the caecum; (c) the gall bladder.
Associated quotations
a
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)50/32 : Þe glotoun..makeþ his god of ane zeche uol of dong, þet is, of his wombe þet he loueþ more þanne god.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)156 : Epicurie..ben..a folk that of here persede sak maken here god..I sakke as michel sum time as tweyne or thre poore men mihten wel fille here sakkes with.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)157 : The eyen ben more vnmesurable than the sak is either long or brod.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)12793 : Ther Sak, ther wombe..Off hem ther goddys they do make.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)12918 : Yet myn Eyen be mor gredy..Than ys my sak outher my tast.
b
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)58a/b : Among grete tuttis [read: guttis] þe firste hatte vrbum..þe secounde gut is I-set vndir orbum, þat hat þe sak.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)168/22 : Aftir him þere comeþ a gutt þat is clepid orobum, ouþer a sak, & it haþ but oon mouþ, & he resseyueþ alle þe fecis.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)171/20 : Summe of þese veynes ben maad fast wiþ..þe gutt þat is clepid ieiunum, & summe wiþ orobo ouþir wiþ þe sak.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)59/26 : It is also cleped saccus, a sek, to þe manere of the stomak, for it is þat oþer stomak.
c
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)40b/a : Cistisfellis..is a saak hangynge by pannyclis fro þe side of þe holownesse of þe lyuere, & it is þe receptacle of colera.
3b.
(a) A sack-like sheath surrounding a morbid lump or knot of flesh, a follicle; (b) a geographical formation thought to be in the shape of a sack.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)115a/b : Þou schalt knowe þat nodus haþ oþerwhile a sacke & oþerwhile he is enfilterde in þe place þat he is in wiþ ligamentes; Nodus..haþ a follikel oþer a sacke and when a man toucheþ it, it ȝeueþ stede to þe touchinge.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)119b/b : When þu haste made a sotile inscicioun þe whiche maie taken alle þe eminence, take þe carnosite with þe sacke oþer wiþ outen þe sacke & drawe it clene oute.
b
- a1456(1429) Lydg.Mum.Mercers (Trin-C R.3.20)71 : Þe Brettysshe see..he did atteyne Thoroughe þilk sakk, called of Poortland.
4.
(a) A sack used as a piece of clothing; sackcloth; a piece or garment of sackcloth; -- freq. used as a sign of mourning or penitence; ~ frere, = sakked frere, s.v. sakken v.2.; (b) a sack or piece of sackcloth used as a blanket or cover; (c) ~ of (an) here, a piece of sackcloth made of hair; a garment of haircloth; (d) a kind of garment.
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)139 : He..ches..Stiue here to shurte and gret sac to curtle.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.37.2 : He sente eliachym þat was vp on þe hous & sobnam scribe & þe elderes of þe prestis couered with sackis to isaie þe sone of amos.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Joel 1.8 : Weile thou, as a mayden gird with a sacche vpon the husbonde of hir puberte.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Zech.13.4 : Nether thei shuln be hillid with mantil of sac.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)29.14 : Þou torned mi wepinge in mi wa In blisse to me for to ga; Þou slitted mi seke in twa And vmgafe me with fainnes swa.
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)382 : He askez heterly a hayre and hasped hym vmbe, Sewed a sekke þer-abof, and syked ful colde.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)4530 : Þai sal be als þe appocalips spekes In harde hayres clende [read: clede] and in sekkes.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)457 : Povert..nadde on but a streit old sak.
- ?c1430(c1400) Rule & T.St.Francis(1) (Corp-C 296)41 : Be alle freris cloþid wiþ foule cloþis, & þei may pese hem aȝen or cloute hem of sacchis & oþere pecis.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)13940 : Þe kyng of þat same Cyte, þe qwene and all þer cumpany laft all þer ray of ryalte, and sekes and hayres þei hent in hy.
- (1455) Doc.in HMC Rep.14 App.816 : [A stone wall lately belonging to the friars lately called] Sekfreris [called] le Stamp.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)14 : Ennok..schal come in saccis and preche at Jerusalem.
- a1475(1438) St.Alex.(4) (Hrl 4775)114 : The Modir fro the tyme that her sone partid fro her she put a sakke in stede of a bedde uppon the pament wher on she wepte and cride.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)200/20 : They..weryn Sorefull and repentant of thare Synnes, and thay fastid and tham clothid in Sackis, Smale and grete.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.16 : Wham god makes a kynge besemes no sekke to were.
b
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)1152 : Þe husband..bade hym take A sak..And ley hyt on hys fadyr for colde.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)1165 : Þys halfe sak shal lygge þy fadyr aboue.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.311 : His fadir took þe child an eld sac..'byd hym leyn þis on hym.'
c
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.50 : Þe sonne was made blak as a sak of an haire & þe mone is made as blood.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Apoc.6.12 : The sunne is maad blak as a sack of heyre [L saccus cilicinus].
- c1450 *Vegetius(1) (Dgb 233)97b : Sakkes [Dc: þerfore hit nedeth þat þere be..dubbled sages of heer hanged byfore þe opoun bataillynge to schake of the schot fro þe walles].
- a1500 St.Jerome (Lamb 432)333/45 : Nexte his fleshe he weryd a sakke of here and hillid him above with a clothe moest vile.
d
- (1391) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52112/15 : Et eisdem pipers et thrumpours pro vj sackes de fostyon..lx s.
5.
In cpds. & combs.: (a) ~ bond, a band or string used to tie a sack closed; (b) busshel ~, a sack of bushel measure; (c) cloth ~, a sack for clothes, linens, or other goods; a kind of baggage; sho ~, ?a sack for shoes.
Associated quotations
a
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)105/167 : This sek thou thrawe On my bak, Whylst I, with my hand, lawse the sek band.
b
- (a1468) Stonor Suppl.8 : For vj Bohsell Sak, xij d.
c
- (1346) Will York in Sur.Soc.429 : Item, lego Willielmo de Staunton, nepoti meo, meliorem equum meum..cum quodam cloth sek et barehide.
- (1393) Acc.Exped.Der.in Camd.n.s.52154 : Pro ij cloth-sakkes et v barhides cum toto apparatu inter se, xxxj s.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.127 : [3] clothesakes [full of divers harnesses, value unknown].
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.177 : [2 leather] clothessacc [in poor condition worth 4 s.].
- (1400) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.73 : [Baron had a ?] shoosakkys [and a wallet].
- (1400) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)7.77 : [John Underwode of Worle had a small] cloth sak [which they found under the cliffs of Woodspring full of cloths], vestymentz [with a] miter [and other goods and jewels to the value of 160 £].
- (1451) Lin.DDoc.56/32 : I will that Elizabeth bulman haf al my lynne clothis & kerchifs & lynnyn yt es in my paynar in my cloth seke excepte lawne.
- 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)43 : Wages and clothing present in the courte as squires of houshold; and carryage for one clothe sacke.
6.
A customary service, or its monetary value, involving the transport of the lord's goods; ~ et prike [cp. prik(e n.4.(b)]; ~ fe.
Associated quotations
- (1295-6) Doc.Manor in MP 3448 : De redditu qui vocatur Sakefe.
- (c1325) Doc.Gildh.Lond.in RS 12.3456 : Sake: Quite de average et de cariage.
- 1662(?1350) Bk.Vale Royal in LCRS 68 (Hrl 2064)27 : [These are the bond tenants of the manor of Dernehale, and ought to do carriage for the lord] ou saac e pricke.
7.
(a) In surnames; (b) in place names.
Associated quotations
a
- (1225) Pat.R.Hen.III528 : Radulfus le Sec.
- (1242-3) Bk.of Fees788 : Hugo le Sak'.
- (1279) in Fransson Surn.94 : Henry le Sacwebbe.
- (1296-7) Acc.Cornw.in RHS ser.3.6660 : Et de 2 s. 4 d. rec' de Rogero le Sak.
- (1301) Close R.Edw.I452 : Walter le Sack.
- (1333) in Fransson Surn.94 : Joh. Sakman.
b
- (1310) in Ekwall Street-Names Lond.121 : Sakfrerelane.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.91 : [A tenement called] le Wollesakonthehop.
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- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)5/5 : Gyf þu wið hwan saca hæfdest, & gyt þonne gesemed wæron, ne ætwit þu eft þa ealde saca, bute he heo eft geneowed habbe.
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- 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)43 : Doctoure of Physyque…havyng…carryage for one clothe sacke.
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Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. sack.