Middle English Dictionary Entry
sauf-gard(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sauf-gard(e n. Also saufegarde, safegard(e, safgarde, saffe-, savegard(e. |
| Etymology | OF sauve-garde; also cp. ME sauf adj. & gard(e n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Safety, security; protection, defense; ?also, as adj.: protecting [quot.: Othea]; for (the) ~ of; (b) safekeeping; deliveren in-to ~, to deliver (sb.) into custody; putten in ~, place (sb.) in custody, put (sth.) into safekeeping; (c) a promise of safety, safe-conduct; graunten ~; (d) one who affords security, a protector; (e) for the ~ of the cost, to save the expense; (f) as a humorous term of association for porters.
Associated quotations
a
- (1421) RParl.4.159b : The pore..Soudeors..hav truly served the sauf garde of the forsaid Town withoute any plein paiement.
- (1433) RParl.4.445a : Youre Mair and Burgeys been fully purposed..to walle..and fortefie youre seid Towne and Havyn sufficiently..for the saufgarde of alle Marchaundises and other Goodes thedir comynge.
- (1436) Doc.Trade in BRS 766 : John Trokmerton, Richard Bokeland..and Richard Quaturmayn..vitailed oute apon werre a ship..with..maryners and sowdiours for the save garde of the See.
- (1442) Let.Bekynton in RS 56.2189 : They owe to your highnesse to do al their payne, labor, and true diligence aboute the defence and sauf garde of your cite.
- (1449) RParl.5.145b : Of m li. to be paied to hym yerly..for the kepyng and saufegarde of the Castell of Rokesburgh.
- c1450 Scrope Othea (Lngl 253)3 : He..may welle be called a knyght that ouercomyth and conqveryth hys gostly ennemyes by the safegard repuignand defence of hys sovle.
- ?c1450 Brut-1447 (Trin-C O.9.1)468/26 : Certeyn craftes found both men of armes and archers..forto kepe the towne in saufgarde from oure enemys.
- (c1461) Paston2.239 : For þe well and savegard of his person and this his realme, he desired we shuld fynd men for kepyng of þe see.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)773/34 : Sir Epynogrys requyred sir Palomydes and sir Saffir..to ryde with hym unto his castell for the sauffgarde of his persone.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)124/2 : They ought to flee no parte fro bataille for feer of dethe..for saue garde [F la garde] of the londe.
- a1500(?c1400) EToulouse (Cmb Ff.2.38)212 : Thou wylt brynge me, Yn safegarde for to bee, Of hur to haue a syght.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)197 : Thei hasted to come tymely to saf garde.
b
- (1440) in Gross Gild Merch.2.249 : It is ordeyned for the more suertye and saufgard of the tresure of the said Gylde that there be iiii keys.
- (1444) Will York in Sur.Soc.30113 : My wille is yat..these things..be put into some sure abbay in keping, and ye keye in his moderis warde..so to abide in saaf garde til he come to ye age of xvj yer.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)78/18 : The Iresche men trowed to have rescoued hym, but Surdyte..putt hym in save garde.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)217/3 : They..beleffte the presoners there with the pure proveste, and than they were delyverde into sure sauffgarde.
- (1472-3) RParl.6.5b : Yf eny of the seid Collectours..bryng not yn the seid sommes of money..to be put in sauf gard..then the same Collectour..be charged to pay to youre Highnes..such somme..as in his defaute been not levyed nor brought yn.
c
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.139 : Whan Priam his save-garde [vr. safe conduyt] sente, Th'embassadours to Troie streight they wente.
- (1433) RParl.4.475b : The Lord of Mountassilond..not consederyng the Pees and Trewis..nor consideryng the Letters of save condut and save gard, the whiche the said Servant thoo had and shewid..toke thoe said Servant and his Cloth and Marchandise.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)118 : For where as I my sauegard grauntyd, Ay in that cost he comonly hauntyd..Theym to dystroy in dyspyte of me To whom I promysyd..To be her protectour.
d
- 1652(?1471) Ripley Epis.Edw.IV in Ashmole TC (AshmTC)p.109 : O Honorable Lord and most victoryous Knyght..The savegard of England & maynteynere of right.
e
- (1463) Paston2.294 : He is þe rather at home for þe saue gard of þe cost.
f
- a1450 Terms Assoc.(1) (Rwl D.328)604 : A sauegard of porters.