Middle English Dictionary Entry
sautǒur n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sautǒur n. Also sauter, -tire, satur, saltier, saultrẹ̄, & (errors) sayntourr, sawturoure; pl. sauters, sautreis. |
| Etymology | OF sautoir, sautour, sautëoir & ML saltarium. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Her. An ordinary in the form of a St. Andrew's cross, a saltire; ~ engreled.
Associated quotations
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)4717 : Thei rered..Baneres brode..With pelotes, daunse, and Cheueroun, Some with sauters engrele.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)307 : Supprysede with a sugette þat beris of sabille, A sawtire [Dc: sauter] engrelede of siluer fulle schene.
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)4182 : He had sothely forsaken þe sawturoure [read: sawtoure] engrelede.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)1046 : He beris a schelde of asure Engrelyde with a sayntourr [vr. satur].
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.5 (Hrl 2169)187 : A beryth demey gold and sabyll, a sawter engrelyd of the same.
- (c1460) Bk.Arms in Anc.5 (Hrl 2169)189 : iij sawtreys of sabyll engrelyd.
- 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)63 : Thys offyce beryth armes, for a chyef grounde and defence unto all other offyces, a felde of grene, a key, and a rodde of sylver, saultre.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)11 marg. : Party per pale gules & ermyn, a saltyer contrechaunged.