Middle English Dictionary Entry
sā̆kful adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | sā̆kful adj. Also sacful(le. |
| Etymology | From OE sacfull & ME sāke n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Quarrelsome; also, as noun: quarrelsome people; (b) sinful.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)11/24 : Nu synd twelf abusiua, þæt synd twelf unþeawes þe we eow secgeð on Leden & syððen on Ænglisc..Christianus contentiosus..gyf se cristene byð sacfull, [etc.].
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)14/5 : Swa swa þa gesibsume soðlice Godes bearn byð, swa byð eac þa sacfulle soðlice deofles bearn.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)109 : [T]welf unþeawes beoð on þissere weorlde..Þet is..ʒif þe cristene mon bið sacful.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)113 : [Þ]e seofeðe un-þeaw is þet þe cristene mon beo sacful.
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)26678 : Þai na be samen parte[n]ar Sekand til an sakful [Frf: sinful] dede.