Middle English Dictionary Entry
saulẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | saulẹ̄ n. Also sauli, soulẹ̄. |
| Etymology | OF säolee, saulee, soelé. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Satisfaction, satiety, one's fill; also fig.; gret ~, overeating; eten (to) gret ~, to eat to repletion; taken a ~, take a satisfactory portion; (b) food; a meal.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)272/31 : He schal drinke no newe wijn, & he schal ete no greet saule [L nec comedant ad plenam saturitatem].
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)274/26 : He schal not ete to greet sauly.
- a1450 12 PTrib.(3) (Bod 423)103/18 : Refuse not suche a dissheful if God sette it before the, ffor he eet first to the ful saule therof, as Jeremye saith therof hym..'He shal be filled with reproues.'
- c1450 *Bk.Marchalsi (Hrl 6398)10a : Ȝyf hym his saule þer-of.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)4 : Good it were to faste a litel for to haue ful saulee [F saoul] at the sopere.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)2607 : He Hath hetyn hys sawle of whyt bred.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)5874 : Ther ys no thyng that I kan se That may Gyve ful sawle..ffor to staunche a gredy herte.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)6178 : My voyded herte to fulfylle Wych so longe..hath voyde be, And neuere ne hadde hys ful sawlee.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)214/19 : Eche man and womman schulde..take a sawli of þese seid occupaciouns.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)73/33 : It nedys..to abstene [fro] to mekyll ete and drynke, and fro greet saule [Ashmole: crapulous etyng].
b
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)16.11 : I wolde..forto haue my fylle of þat frute, forsake al other saulee [glossed: edulium; vr. saulees].
- c1450 Royal SSecr.(Roy 18.A.7)31/13 : Than mayst thou ete a good soule aftir as thyn appetit takith the [Abbrev.Trip.: eite with good appetite].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)91/324b : Edulium: sule.
Note: Postdates word
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1475 Limn.Bks. (Brog 2.1:Clarke) 196/20 : Make ony colours a good sawley with the secund parte of water.
Note: New spelling (saulei).