Middle English Dictionary Entry
?sauen v.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | sauen v.(2) Also (early) sauin; p. saude. |
| Etymology | ?OE *sagian (cp. sg.2 sagast, sg.3 sagað, p. sagode, s.v. secgan). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. seien v.(1).
1.
To say (certain specified words); sweren and ~, swear (to do sth.).
Associated quotations
- a1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)131/595 : Þanne welle he sawin..wel worþe þe wid þad þe first taite.
- c1450 Lydg.KEng.(3) (BodAdd E.7)75 : Then he swore in ire and sawde, To fede all Englond with a spawde.