Middle English Dictionary Entry
saucen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | saucen v. P.ppl. i)saused, isaussed, isauset. |
| Etymology | From sauce n.; also cp. OF saussier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To season (food), flavor; also fig.; also, pour (an ingredient on sth.); (b) to prepare (sth.) for the table; (c) ?error for causen v.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400 Wycl.CGosp.John (Yk-M 14.D.2:Hudson)84/381 : Salt wiþ hungur is inow to al sauce, to a man lyuyng prudentli and sobirli.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)170/22 : Þer was a dyner of gret joy & gladnes, meche mor gostly þan bodily, for it was sawcyd & sawryd wyth talys of Holy Scriptur.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)441 : Sawcyn: Salmento; Sawcyn, wythe powder: idem quod powderyn.
- c1450 Dc.55 Cook.Recipes (Dc 55)116 : Yiff þou schalt sauce hym [crane], mynce hym fyrst and sauce hym withe pouudre of pepyr and gyngeuere & mustarde, vynegre & salt, and serue hym forth.
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)72 : Take Brawne..And if hit be saused, let stepe hit in Hote water til hit be tender, then cast hit into þe siripe.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)61 : Sauce hym [partridge] with wyne, pouder of ginger, and salt.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)110 : Lay them [swans' feet] in disshes and sauce ther on yolks of eggs.
b
- a1450 Terms Assoc.(1) (Rwl D.328)604 : A capone y sawsed, a hene y Swylyd..a tenche y sauset, a playse y sauset [vr. isaussyd].
c
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)177/5293 : Gramercy yow therof and not yowre eyene For which ny me thei fynde no such figure To sawse yow of so gret a payne endure.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)434/18 : Enoynte ham or sawce ham wiþ ote mele.
Note: New sense
Note: cp. sinapizen v.