Middle English Dictionary Entry
sanguin(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sanguin(e n. Also sangwin(e, sangwen, sangewin, sanguein(e, sangwein(e, sangine & sanguinẹ̄. |
| Etymology | OF sanguin(e, sangwine, sangin & L sanguis, -inis; for the form in -ẹ̄, ML sanguinea neut.pl.adj. as n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A blood-red color; also, rosy hue [last quot.]; (b) a rich cloth of a blood-red color; also, a piece of such cloth; (c) one of the four humors, blood; also, the complexion, or temperament, dominated by blood; also person.; (d) a swelling or an inflammation caused by the humor blood; (e) a person dominated by a sanguine complexion; -- also coll.; (f) ?milfoil, yarrow; ?error for sanguinari(e n.
Associated quotations
a
- (1402) Will York in Sur.Soc.4288 : Unam armilansam [read: armilausam]..de viridi et sangewyn.
- (1439) *Will Bury241 : I wyl that Water Chapman my ffadyr haue agowne ye colour sangweyn & grene.
- (c1440) Paston (EETS)1.26 : Þe goune nedyth for to be had, and of coloure it wolde be a godely blew or erlys [read: ellys] a bryghte sanggueyn.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)695 : Where be my gounes of scarlet, Sanguyn, murreye, & blewes sadde & lighte?
- a1500(a1450) Parton.(1) (Add 35288)5158 : Hur colowre rody lyke to the rose; Off sangweyne [vr. sangwen] was hur complexione.
b
- (1319) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.131 : [Two] sanguynes [in grain, value 15 pounds].
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.439 : In sangwyn and in pers he clad was al, Lyned with taffata and with sendal.
- (1394) Wardrobe Acc.Rich.II in Archaeol.62507 : Pro iiij virgis de sangwyn frisato, precium virge ij s.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.223 : [A coverture of] sanguyn [furred with] menyver.
- (1415) Invent.Agincourt in Archaeol.7092 : Vna toga de Sanguyne cum garter furrata.
- (1423) Will York in Sur.Soc.4572 : j roba domini de sangwyn.
- (1430) Will York in Sur.Soc.3013 : Lego unam furruram quæ est in toga mea de veteri sangwyne.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)9.804 : Sharp heires wern also leid aside, Tournid to copis of purpil & sangwyn.
- (1472) *Maldon (Essex) Court Rolls Bundle 37, no.5 [OD col.] : Districtus per togam de sangweyn et unam deploidem nigram.
- -?-(1411) Will in Som.RS 1651 : [Two] Kirtells, [one of] Sangwyn.
- -?-(1423) Will in Som.RS 16109 : [One] kyrtell [of] scarlet [and one hood of] sangweyn.
c
- a1400 Sluggy & slowe (Lamb 523)8 : Syngynge, full fayr of collour, bold to fyght, hote & moyst, benynge, sanguine y hyght.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)21a/b : Auicen..seid þat apostemez hote and þat renneþ bi course of it bene of loueable sanguine [Ch.(2): þe blood; L sanguine] & coleric.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)26a/b : Þai ar of sanguine grosse boilyng [Ch.(2): grete blood boyllynge], in which þe subtile & grosse, þat ar turned in to colre & melancolie, ar ȝitte to gider.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)50b/b : Ech man lyuynge..haþ iiij complexiouns wiþinne hem silf..Coler, Sangueyne, ffleume, & Malancolie, wiþouten whiche iiij þer may no man lyuen on erþe.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)51b/a : Among alle complexiouns þat a man may fynde sangueyn is holde moost noble..Sangueyn or blood is þe norischinge of þe body and frend to kynde.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)51b/b : Sangueyn haþ lordschip from þe x hour of þe nyȝt vnto þe iij hour of þe day.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)54a/a : Malancolie..comeþ of þe blak aischen or corrumpcioun of sangueyne y medlid wiþ þe aboundaunce of galle.
- c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)147/36 : Corrupcion betydyth of opposycion complexcionary, and humourys þat be in þe body, as sanguyne, rede coler, flewme, and malencoly.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)237/6 : In the body of euery man ben iiije humorus, answarynge to the iiije elementes..Malencoly, colde and dry; Fleme, colde and moysty; Sangyne, hote and moyste; Colerike, hote and dry.
d
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)75/31 : Hote apostemes þat rennen by her course be of þe blood and colre be preyseable, And þe sanguine [Ch.(1): Sanguinee; L sanguinea] foloweþ of louable, of grete, and of sotel blood.
- a1500 *Lanfranc CP (Wel 397)28a/22 : Hote apostume is of blod..And as þe sanguine is purged by lettyng blod, so coleryke shall clensyd by purgacion.
e
- c1475 Of yiftis (Hrl 2251)6 : Of the sangwyne also it is a signe To be demure.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)219/38 : The sangyne by kynde sholde lowe Ioye and laghynge and company of women.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)238/11 : Sum men bene sanguynes, otheris Fleumatikes, the thyrde colerike, the fourth Malencolike.
f
- ?a1475 PParv.(Win)390 : Sangvyne, or myllyfoly, herbe: Millifolium, Sanguinaria.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1475 Limn.Bks. (Brog 2.1:Clarke) 197/37 : Make a kynd blake flote..of aldyre ryndys and of clen water, and boyle heme well togedire, and so lett hit stond..and þan ȝour flote is made fore ȝour sangweyns.
Note: Glossary: "sangweyns n. pl. 'red-coloured items'."
Note: ?New sense, or ?perh. modify sense (a) 'things of that color'.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Pmb-O.21 Artist.Recipes (Pmb-O 21) 275/3 : Powre þe colour into a vescel..and put þerto a lityl alum, and ley þat colour abouyn on þe toþer, and þat is good sangwyeyn.
Note: Additional quote, sense (a). New spelling (sangwiein).
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. sanguine.