Middle English Dictionary Entry
salven v.
Entry Info
| Forms | salven v. Also salve, salf(e(n, saulf, salvi; p.ppl. i)salved, isalvet, salfed. |
| Etymology | OE sealfian |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. saven v.
1.
(a) To apply medicinal or sacramental ointment to (sb.), anoint; (b) to heal or treat (sb. or sth.); salve min woundes, ease the pain of my wounds; (c) fig. of (b); (d) to heal (sb.) spiritually, save; remove (sin), overcome (a vice); -- some quots. in (b), (c), & (d) may belong to saven v.11.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)13243 : Crist bitacneþþ uss þatt mann..smeredd iss & sallfedd, Nohht þurrh nan eorþliȝ smere, acc all Þurrh Haliȝ Gastess sallfe.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1218/10 : Lechys..serched and salved hym with souffte oynementis.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)1232/29 : The kynge..salved them with soffte salvys that full sore were wounded.
b
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)14/2 : Lauerd, loke to me..& salue mine wunden, þet hit ne seme..þet ich derf drehe.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)16.109 : He..salued [C: lechede] syke and synful, bothe blynde & crokede.
- a1425 PPl.C (Cmb Ff 5.35)18.302 : Salued [Hnt HM 137: Crist..of selcouþe sores sauede men ful ofte].
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)52b/b : Þu shale fynde..a keye of al pronosticacioun & of dome of dede wondez & to be salued [L mortuorum et saluandorum].
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)932 : Swowynge of watyre and syngynge of byrdez..myghte salue hym of sore þat sounde was neuere.
- ?a1425 Awntyrs Arth.(Lamb 491)693 : Thes doghty þat werene wounded so wroþely..Soiournis tul þei be salvid.
- c1450(?a1400) Roland & O.(Add 31042)1185 : Leches come..Woundede men for to loke, to salue þam of þaire sare.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4683 : Ne nouþir salues it [gold] oure sares, ne sesis it oure thrist.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)12464 : Go wesch þe in þe flom iordan..And..þou salbe þan salued of seknes.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)238/226 : Þe lord..is comynge..All ȝour langoris salvyn xal he..He xal cawse þe blynde þat þei xal se, [etc.].
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)226/719 : Both domb and defe thou salfyd from sare.
- a1500 Wars Alex.(Dub 213)3132 : He gart seke þair sarys & þaim salue.
c
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)9427 : Sannt Johan..brohhte læchedom & herrtess eȝhesallfe, To sallfenn & to clennsenn firrst Þe follkess herrtess eȝhe.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)100/17 : Þe gasteliche hurtes ne þuncheð nawt sare, ne ne [?read: me] saluið ham [Pep: we ne sechen no salue] wið schrift ne wið penitence.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)142/25 : Prude & Onde..beoð heorte wunden..& ȝeoueð deaðes dunt anan buten ha beon isaluet [Nero: isalued].
- a1250 Orison Lord (Nero A.14)202 : Þe streames þet striden adun of þine deorewurðe uet..nes hit for to saluen [vr. sauuin] seke ine sunnen?
- c1390 Ihesu þi swetnes (Vrn)40 : He þat wol neuere lete me spil, Wiþ his Merci salue my sore.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)20.303 : Conscience called a leche þat coude wel shryue; 'Go salue þo þat syke ben, þorw synne ywounded.'
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)20.345 : Such one..was my lordes leche & my ladyes..He salued [C: saluede] so owre wommen til somme were with childe.
- (1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)3471 : His aduersaries..slaked sumwhat þe tonge, Araying hem to saluen aȝen swech wounde Whech þei had mad.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)244 : Bot þay be salued of that sare [pride]..or þay hethyne fare, Thay mone wiete of calde care.
- a1450(?c1405) Mannys soule (Dgb 102)109 : Eche vertue is a plastre of lyf..To salue ȝoure sores now begynne.
- a1450(1411) Many man (Dgb 102)164 : Þe holy gost salueþ soule syknesse.
- c1450(c1405) Mum & S.(2) (Add 41666)1381 : Thees persones..shuld..be among þaym Forto salue þaire shepe whenne þay sike were.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)26.15 : Thou ert god, my hele, that salues the wounde of my syn.
- c1450(1446) Nightingale (Clg A.2)12/319 : Thenk on this oure..Yf thou asayled or hurt be with Sathan, To salf thy sore and thi wonde to hele.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)189/108 : I trow the barn be sent Sufferanly to salfe our sare.
- a1500 Lydg.Test.(Jes-C 56)443 : Saulf [Hrl 218: Saue alle my sores, that they ne cankred be, With noon olde rust of dysesperaunce].
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)9193 : There is no medcyn on mold, saue the maiden one, Þat my sors might salue, ne me sound make.
d
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)61/654 : Mild heortfule godd, milce me þi meiden & mid ti softe grace salue mine sunnen.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)65/710 : Bireow sið ower sunnen & saluið [Roy: lasseð] wið soð schrift.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)48/22 : Cume þe sunfule mon..ich salui him his sunnen.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)52/3 : Of þis sunne, lauerd, loke, me salue.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.212 : Cryst to a comune woman seyde..Þat fides sua shulde sauen hir and saluen hir of alle synnes.
- c1440 Chaucer CT.Pars.(Eg 2726)I.1047 : By fastyng ben salved þe vices of þe flessh and by prayer the vices of the soule.