Middle English Dictionary Entry
sā̆k-abor n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sā̆k-abor n. Also sacobare, sachabor, sachaber & (?error) sacrabord. |
| Etymology | ON: cp. OI sakar-āberi; cp. AL sacrabar, sacrabor, sakabor & ME sāke n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A prosecutor in an action for theft; (b) a surety paid for the right to prosecute an action.
Associated quotations
a
- a1300-a1400(a1268) Bracton De Leg.(Woodbine)2.425 : Furtum vero manifestum est ubi latro deprehensus est, seisitus de aliquo latrocinio, scilicet hondhabbende et bacberende, et insecutus fuerit per aliquem cuius res illa fuerit qui dicitur sakabor [vrr. sachabor, sachaber, sacobare].
b
- (1207-10) Cart.Guisbrough in Sur.Soc.8693 : Quod nullus eorum summoneatur, nec implacitetur ad Wapentagium de Langeberge, nisi per considerationem Wapentagii vel per rationabilem sacrabord.