Middle English Dictionary Entry
sāken v.
Entry Info
| Forms | sāken v. |
| Etymology | Shortened form of forsāken v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To give up or depart from (sin, charity); renounce (a faith).
Associated quotations
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)17183 : Iesu..þou send us grace..Euer and ai to luf þe right And sua ur sinnes for to sake [Göt: to forsake].
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)592 : Fals frenschep we sal non make Trew charite for to sake.
- a1500 Ihesu the sonne (Hrl 4012)131 : God graunte vs amendis or we hens go..That we our synne may clene sake.
- a1500 St.Kath.(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)242 : Sche sakyth owre lay.