Middle English Dictionary Entry
sauǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sauǧe n. Also ? saugẹ̄, sauoge, sage, salge, (Latinate) salgie & (error) saw. |
| Etymology | OF sauge, saulge & AL salgia, salgea, vars. of L salvia. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The herb sage Salvia officinalis; also, wood sage or wild sage Teucrium scorodonia, ambrose; ~ real, sage royal, small sage Salvia officinalis minor; wilde ~; (b) in cookery recipes; also, a sage-flavored dish; also, sage sauce [quots.: ?c1400, Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2)]; ~ ifarsed, a sage-flavored dish of ground pork balls; (c) in remedies; also, in recipes for veterinary use; smal ~, ?sage royal, small sage; ?error for smal-ache n.; (d) in cpds. & combs.: ~ crop, a sage sprig or shoot; ~ lef, a sage leaf; ~ rote, the root of a sage plant; friture ~, a sage fritter; sauce ~, sage sauce.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1335 Whose þenchiþ vp (Hrl 913)p.136 : Ich [an ass] ete sage and..gras.
- a1350 Ichot a burde in a (Hrl 2253)18 : He is blosme opon bleo, brihtest vnder bis, wiþ celydoyne ant sauge, ase þou þiself sys.
- c1390 Susan.(Vrn)110 : Þe Lilye, þe louache, launsyng wiþ leue, Þe sauge, þe sorsecle, so semeliche to siht.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.1385 : The nynthe sterre..is hote Alaezel..Salge is his herbe appourtenant.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)246a/a : Rue..is..y-plaunted aboute sauge to dryue away serpentes and taddes.
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)161/14 : Saluia, [alia] domestica, alia saluatica: anglice, sauge.
- a1400 Mirfeld Sinonoma (Pmb-O 2)10 : Ambrosia: wilde sauge.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)5a : Ambrose ys an erbe that some men calleþ wilde sauge oþer wode merche oþer hyndale.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)72b : Sawgge ys of ij maner, tame and wilde; the wilde ys called ambros oþer empatorye, and boþe ben vertus yn medicyne.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)314/1032 : For ach of bones a gude oyntement: Take..reede rose flours, camamyll, sauge riall.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)581/11 : Eupatorium: ambrosye, or wylde sauge.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)292 : Many a herbe grewe, for sew & surgery, And al the Aleyis feir I-parid, I-raylid, & I-makid, The sauge & the Isope I-frethid & I-stakid.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)317 : Salge: salgia, saluia; herba est.
- a1500(?a1450) Treat.Garden.(Trin-C O.9.38)159 : Þu schalt haue ham here A rewe Of al the herbys of yrlonde..Pelyter, dytawnder, rewe, & sage.
- a1500 Sln.Herb List (Sln 1201)76 : Herbys necessary for a gardyn..for Potage..to Stylle..Sauge.
b
- a1325 Add.46919 Cook.Recipes (Add 46919)52.43/8 : Nim percil & saugee & of þe broþ, and mak grinden togedere.
- ?c1400 Dur-U.Menus (Dur-U Cosin V.3.11)40.4/2 : In Paschal tempe flesshedays: Þe fyrste cours creteyne to potage & pygges in sauge þerwith, [etc.].
- a1425(a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)130.144/2 : Verde Sawse: Take persel, mynt, garlek, a litul serpell, and sawge, [etc.].
- a1425(a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)135.168/1,4 : Sawge yfarcet: Take pork and seeþ it wel and grinde it smal, and medle it wiþ ayren & brede ygrated..Take & close litull balles in foiles of sawge..fry it.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)28 : Take an handfulle of Sawge & do þer-to.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)41 : Sauoge: Take Pigis fete clene y-pekyd..þen mence Sawge, [etc.].
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)72 : Pigge or chiken in Sauge.
- c1450 Rwl.Cook.Recipes (Rwl D.1222)155.21/1 : Sawge: Take gynger, canel, galyngale, clowes..a handful of sauge..Take þe ȝolkes & grynde with þe sauge..þen take hogges fete or colde flesshe or fysshe & ley hyt in a dysshe, [etc.].
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.11 : Do þer to sage and persely ȝoyng.
c
- a1325 SLeg.Cuth.(Corp-C 145)52 : Nim..þe milk of a cou..Þe ius of smal sage [Ld: smal-Ache]; do þerto & clene wete flour.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)83b/b : He schal vse sauge & Castor in seþinge of wyne.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)225/6 : If þou doist þerto ysope & sauge, it wole be þe bettir.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)52 : To þis siknesse, boyle mastik and sens..of..Ostoraces calamynt, de brigilla, of Rve and mynt, and of sawge, and holde þe houndes nose vpon þe pottis mouth.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)108a/a : Salge, a litel cocte & ofte tyme y take in þe ende of refeccioun..ministreþ vnspekeable helpyng to neruez.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)140a/b : Þai [teeth] be wasshed..with wyne of decoccioun of boþe myntez, of boþe salgiez [L saluie], of boþe calamentez, & piper.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)165/5 : Take of reubarbe, of þe iuse of wylde sawge [L succi eupatorij], [etc.].
- (c1430) Paston (EETS)1.14 : Pur faire, holsom drynk of ale, Recipe sauge, auence, rose maryn, tyme.
- c1440 Thrn.Med.Bk.(Thrn)42/32 : Bathe the in warme water & drynk sawge in warme wyne.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)135/659 : Þou schalt anoynte it wel with an oynement..made of oile olyue & grese & of hot erbes y-sode þer-ynne, as rue, sauge, louache, & oþer.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)226/25 : Take as myche of stale ale as wyll serue þe ix days, and take saw [read: sawge] and bake yt in a kake and put it in-to þe ale.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(2) (Add 33996)69 : [T]ake þe jus of sawge or of primerole and do hit in his mowþe, and he shal speke.
- c1450 When the son (Frf 16)43 : The hote sauge a yenst the cold palesye.
- ?c1450 Recipe MS Bühler 21 in SML Baugh (Mrg B 21)296 : Sauge makyth þe herte clene.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)67/8 : Take..a pynt of þe jusse of sauge vertve [read: verte].
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)94/10 : Take ambrose, þat is, þe wylde sawge, [etc.].
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.16 (Hrl 2340)13 : Rubbe his tonge and the ruff of his mouthe with powdere of sauge.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)16/34 : Eerbe yue & sauge..haue an heuenly strenkþe to comforte þe joynctis.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)75a/ a : Make þe pacient drynke his owne vryne medlid wiþ sauge.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)98a/a : R[ecipe]..Cepi arietini..propolios..salgie, balsamite aquatice, leuistici, sauine, [etc.].
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)9/10 : Medicina pro tussi: Take sauge and comyn and rewe, [etc.].
- ?a1525(?a1475) Play Sacr.(Dub 652)587 : I haue gyven hyr a drynke made full well Wyth scamoly and with oxennell, Letwyce, sawge, and pympernelle.
d
- a1425(a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)104.31/1 : Pygges in sawse sawge.
- a1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(1) (Hrl 279)32 : Putte þer-to Percely, Sawge leuys, Sauerey, noȝt to smal hakkyd.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)227/14 : Take..leuys of lorellstree, sawgecroppys, [etc.].
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Stockh 10.90)328/867 : Rwe is ike a souereyn bote, To settyn abowtyn a sawge-rote.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)58/2 : Take a sawge-leef and wryte þer-on 'Christus tonat', and late þe seke man it ete.
- ?c1450 Stockh.PRecipes (Stockh 10.90)74/14 : Tak sawge-leuys and stamp it in a morter riȝt smal.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)501 : O Fruture viant, Frutur sawge, byn good bettur is Frutur powche.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)96a/a : R[ecipe] a saucerful of mustard and an handful of sauge leues, and seþe hem in whit wiyn and embroke al þe membre þerinne.