Middle English Dictionary Entry
saughting(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | saughting(e ger. Also (N) sahuting. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Reconciliation, harmony; a reconciliation; sinful ~, sinful consenting, agreeing to sin; coveren ~, to recover (God's) good favor.
Associated quotations
- a1350 Middelerd for mon (Hrl 2253)7 : Icherde a blisse budel vs bad þe dreri domesdai to drede, of sunful sauhting sone be sad þat derne doþ þis derne dede.
- c1390 Cato(1) (Vrn)256 : Wraþþe gedereþ gret hate; Loue norisscheþ sauȝtynge.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)17198 : Fulsare mi hert mi sinnes dredes..Bot wit þi hend to me þou spredis..And blith o saghting þou me bedis.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)964 : Tel me [Adam] ar i fra þe weind Hugat and wid quat thing Mai couer nu þi sahuting.
- a1400 Cursor (Göt Theol 107)3580 : Þan es eth to make him wrath, To sahutingis him sum-del lath.