Middle English Dictionary Entry
sārcen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | sārcen v. Also sarce, sarse, serge, sherche, (errors) scarce, saycres, fars; p.ppl. i)sarced, sarsed. |
| Etymology | From sārce n.; also cp. OF säacier, säacer, säachier, sacier, sasser. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To sift (sth.) through a sieve.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)183/19 : Grynde all þese & sarce [L cribellentur] hem.
- a1425(a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)131.150/2 : Take mustard seed..Grynde it drye, sarse it thurgh a sarse.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)121a/a : Be þe medicynez ybrissed & sarced.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)95a/a : Tak franke encense, ciperus, þe note of cipresse..pouder hem echone, & sarse hem þurȝ a cloþe.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)441 : Saarcyn: Colo, secatio.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)11.414,419 : Bete al this smal and sarce hit smothe at al..Taak gipse & hit with stampyng alto frape, Sarce hit.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)31/31 : Tak hert horne & bryn it &bete it to powdir & scarce it thorow a scarce.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)20 : Take Appelys an sethe hem an Serge hem þorwe a Sefe in-to a potte.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)145/800 : Take þe ordure of a man & bake it..& bray it al to pouder, & sarce it.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.30 : Take mustarde..Stomper hit in a morter fyne, And fars [read: sars] hit þurghe a clothe of lyne.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)125a/b : Þe viridis eris schal be wel grounden in poudre & wel and sotilly sarsid.
- c1475 Sln.4 Recipes in NQ ser.3.6 (Sln 4)4 : Take ij ownc of comyn and bray yt to powder and saycres [?read: sayeres] yt.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)53/8 : Ete thow accordyng to thyn appetite, with brede lightly reised, wele and perfitly lavayned and new and wele bake, and wele fro bran sarsed.
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)77/8 : Put ther-to the poudere of mader wel I-sarced.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)41/11 : Take þe kromys of whit bred and do hym al dryȝe in a panne and scherche hym wel.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1475 Yale-BA.Artist.Recipes (Yale-BA R486.M43 1450) 93/4 : Than take a li. lake, and breke hit small, and serse hit into pouder, and put þat pouder into the vryne.
Note: New spelling (serse).