Middle English Dictionary Entry
salvā̆tǒur n.
Entry Info
| Forms | salvā̆tǒur n. Also salvatoure, (error) senatoure. |
| Etymology | L salvātor, -ōris. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A rescuer, savior; (b) Jesus Christ; ~ jesu; (c) a representation of Christ; also, a crucifix; (d) in names of churches and chapels; seinte ~.
Associated quotations
a
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)1881 : Rachel..hade Ioseph, of egipt gouernour & of many folk from hungur þe saluatour.
b
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)5.213 : O Saluatour, o Iesse fflour so kynde..Honour be to The.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)129 : Þei clepe þe cherch of balbyne saluatoris in balbina, for þe cherch is of þe saluator, crist, and þis mayde balbyne lith þere.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)4.270 : Grete honour..thei doo to crist, goddis son, Whom eke thei clepe now her saluatour.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)11.4 (v.1:p.107) : The saluatour of the worlde paied the raunsomme and the dette of wrecchid Adam and his posteritee.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)55.184 (v.1:p.344) : He yalde vp his soule into his saluatours handis.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)66.63 (v.2:p.4) : The angel led hym .. into the pryson where Calocerus was, and our saluatour Ihesu with hym.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)135 : To the kyssyng of hevenliche Reconsiliacion he bringe vs, that is named saluator Ihesus.
c
- c1390(?a1300) Stations Rome(1) (Vrn)298 : In þe Rof ouer þe popes se A saluatour þer may þou se, Neuer I-peynted with hond of Mon.
- c1390(?a1300) Stations Rome(1) (Vrn)351 : Nou passe we to..þe Chapel..Þer Inne is þe saluatour..Þe whuche was sent to vre ladi Whon heo was in eorþe vs bi.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)165 : On Satirday..be for noon þei uisit þe saluatour at seynt ion lateranensis.
- a1475 Stations Rome(2) (Brog 2.1)33 : There ys a saluatur þat was sent to oure lady froo heyvyn.
- a1500 Stations Rome(1) (Lamb 306)869 : Be-sydes petre-Ad-vincula A chapell is of A Saluator worshupte Iwys.
d
- c1390(?a1300) Stations Rome(1) (Vrn)570 : In þat wei a Chirche þer is, Of seint Saluatur.
- c1390(?a1300) Stations Rome(1) (Vrn)661 : At seint saluatour is writen openly A þousend ȝer and þritti.
- c1390(?a1300) Stations Rome(1) (Vrn)707 : At seint saluatour to pardoun Ml. ȝer; Vche day in Bethleem is granted þer.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)75 : In þe cloistir be othir iii chapellis, of whech on in special is of grete auctorite; þei clepe it þe chapel of þe saluatour.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)77 : This Constantin ded make the Cherch of the Salvatoure.
- a1475 Stations Rome(2) (Brog 2.1)32 : There ys a chappell of sent senatoure [?read: seuatoure]; euery day ix Ml. ȝere of pardon ys at þat place.
- a1475 Stations Rome(2) (Brog 2.1)34 : At þe blacke saluatur be iij Ml..ȝere of pardon.
- a1500 Stations Rome(1) (Lamb 306)856 : Nowe passe wee to þe saluator to whome men dothe grete honowre; A fygur of god þou myght see, his face, his crowne.