Middle English Dictionary Entry
sā̆p(e n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | sā̆p(e n.(2) Also sappe, (K) zep & (early) sæp. |
| Etymology | OE sæp |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The sap of a tree; also fig.; (b) sapwood; ~ latthe, a lath made of sapwood; (c) earwax; ere ~; (d) ?a milky or milk-like substance.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)33/6 : Nym þanne narð and pintreowes sæp and panic, and wyrc þær drenc and syle hym drince.
- ?a1200(?OE) PDidax.(Hrl 6258b)37/3 : Nim..wexas syx scyllinga ȝewyht, and eles swa mycel, and þæt sæpp of cypresso swa micel.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)96/5 : Þet zep of þo traue and þe tyeres weren uour wel preciouses þinges.
- c1390(1377) Death Edw.III (Vrn)90 : Weor þat Impe ffully growe, Þat he had sarri sap and piþ, I hope he schulde be kud..ffor Conquerour of moni a kiþ.
- ?a1425 Wycl.CGosp.Luke (Cmb Kk.2.9:Hudson)21/40 : A palmtree is a tree of good merouȝ eþer sap, wel rootid and plenteuous and euere waxyng in wateres.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)441 : Saappe, of a tree: Caries.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.397 : He seyd ereithe [read: her either] sappe wol condescende Vnto that mene & glew hem self in fere.
b
- (1295) *Acc.Exch.(PRO) 5/20 [OD col.] : Cheverones de sapp'.
- (1348) *Acc.Exch.K.R.471/1.m.2 [OD col.] : Pro c lathis de Sapp[e] emptis pro eadem [Camera], iij d. ob.
- (1350) Doc.in Riley Mem.Lond.261 : [30,000] saplathes.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)22b/a : By hot & wet he werchiþ þe softere substaunce, fleisch in bestis & floures & saape [L medullam] in treen.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)300b/a : Tree wormes..ben y-gendred of corrupt humours þat leueþ in trees vnder þe rynde and in þe Sape & piþþe.
- ?c1400 Chaucer Bo.(Add 10340)3.pr.11.[131].2747 : What woltow seyn of this, þat thilke thing þat is ryht softe as the marye, i. sapp, is?
- (1415) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.3535 : In mccc saplates emptis de Johanne Bateman de Topclyff, 5 s. 10 d.
- (1421) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.3544 : In mm saplattes emptis ab eodem, 8 s.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)63a/a : Suber: sape of tree.
- (1439) LRed Bk.Bristol2.164 : It is ordeyned..that no maner man of the seide Crafte bye no Syngle withoute it bere is lengthe and his thiknesse, and of iiij ynche and halfe in brede, withoute sape and other defautes.
- (1445) Indent.Build.in WANHSM 15330 : Whiche hows above seyde shal be wel and trewly made of sufficiant tymber and clene withoute sape or wyndshake reprevable.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)107b : Sappe: Suber.
- (1483-5) Rec.St.Mary at Hill120 : Item, for a c saplath, iiij d.
c
- c1400 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Hrl 490)p.97 : Et orail dist chescun home Si de la tierd [glossed:] ersap ne soit charge.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)441 : Saap, of the ere: Pedora.
d
- c1400 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Hrl 490:Koch)p.63 : A sap: latiere.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (a1399) Oath Bk.Colchester9 : Lathes hert for ml, j d.; Lathes sup. for ml, ob.
Note: Consider the use of this word in Suppl. (as error).