Middle English Dictionary Entry
sape n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | sape n.(1) Also sapa. |
| Etymology | L sapa |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
New wine boiled to a syrup.
Associated quotations
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.1143 : In water first this opium relent, Of sape [L sapae] vntil hit ha similitude.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)127 : Minte iuus drunken with sapa wole deliuere sone a woman and aleye here þrowes. Sapa is whit and smal wyn or het wyn medled with þe iuus of some herbe.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)185 : Þat liquour þat is clepid sapa wole excite to lecherye.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. sape.