Middle English Dictionary Entry
sāve-nā̆p(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sāve-nā̆p(e n. Also saunap(e, san(n)ap(e, sanappe, sanop(e, sanoppe & (errors) sanenapp, sausenap; pl. sav(e)napes, etc. & sauvenapes, safnapes, salvenappes, sanapus, (N) saifenapes. |
| Etymology | From sāven v. & nāpe n.(2) & AL salvamappa, sauvenapa, savenappa, saunapa, sanappa. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A cloth runner placed over a tablecloth to protect it; also, a napkin or towel.
Associated quotations
- (1312) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.v : In Celaria, duo mappæ, ij sauvenapys, et ij manutergia duplicata.
- (1325) Will Durham in Sur.Soc.222 : In Celaria..unum longum manutergium; tres savenapes debiles.
- (1326) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99114 : iiij saunapes de canabo.
- (1342) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99117 : ij sannaps linee tele.
- (1344-5) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100379 : j saunape.
- (1354) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.xxxvii : iij sayfenapes bonæ.
- (1356) Will Court Hust.(Gldh)1.692 : [With double towel and a] sanenapp.
- (1360) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.lii : iij savnapes.
- (1370) Invent.Jarrow in Sur.Soc.2953 : In panetria..ij salvenappes.
- (1371) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99130 : iij savenaps suffic. pro eadem mensa.
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.7 : [2] sanappes [worth 6 d.].
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.9 : [3] saffnapes [worth 3 d.].
- (1389) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.157 : [A] savenape.
- (1391) *Will J.Marischall in Ingleby MS.62 [OD col.] : Vnum tuallium cum vno sausenap [read: saufenap] de optimis.
- (1394) Invent.Monk-Wear.in Sur.Soc.29182 : In pantera..ij sawnaps, viij napkyns.
- (1397) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.cxvii : v sanops pro magna mensa.
- (1397) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)6.115 : [A] surnape [and a] sannape [worth 40 d.].
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)886 : Sone watz telded vp a tapit [read: tabil] on trestez ful fayre, Clad wyth a clene cloþe..Sanap, & salure, & syluer-in sponez.
- (1415) Will in Bdf.HRS 226 : A playn sanap of viij ȝerds long.
- (1424) EEWills56/23 : I wull..he haue too fyne bordeclothes..with goode sanapes and wasshyngtowels, boþe for befor mete and after.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)100b/b : Þe fracture be euened with þe handez & be bounden & splynted with 5 or 6 splyntez & be sustened to þe nekk with a sanap or towel.
- ?a1425 Mandev.(2) (Eg 1982)123/3 : When þai hafe eten, þai wype þaire hend on þaire clathez vnhonestly; for þai vse nowþer burde clath ne sawnape [Man.(1): towaylles; F tuailles].
- (1434) Will York in Sur.Soc.3039 : Lego Dionisiæ..unum metecloth, duos sanoppes.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)441 : Sanop: Manupiarium, gausape, fimbriatum.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)450 : He braydes vp a burde and clathes gune calle, Sanapes [Dc: Sanape; Ir: sanapus] and salers, fulle semly to syghte.
- (1454) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99148 : vij sanappez pro mensa.
- (1454) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99246 : x sanapys.
- a1500 Herkyn to my tale (Adv 19.3.1)p.81 : Ther were whetstons and sanopes choppyd in cole; Sowters in serropes..Mylnestons in mortrews have I sene bot fewe.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)721/8 : Manutergium: a sanope.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. sanap.