Middle English Dictionary Entry
sāveǒur n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sāveǒur n. Also saveoure, -eiour, -iour(e, -iouer, savour, -er(e, sawioure & (N) saiviour, safeoure & sauveour, -our, salveour(e, -er & (in surname) sauffer & (errors) sauesure, sayyour. |
| Etymology | OF sauvëor, -ere, salvëor, -ere, savëor, -ëur, -er(e. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One who saves or rescues from peril, a deliverer; also, that which delivers someone from difficulties.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.41.45 : He clepide hym [Joseph] in Egypcyan tonge þe saueour [vr. saueor; L Salvatorem] of þe world.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Judg.3.15 : Þei crydyn to þe lord þe whiche rerede to hem asauyour, aod by name.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)4666 : His [Joseph's] nam þai chaunged fra þat our, And cald him 'warld sauueour'.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Dan.6.27 : He is delyuerer and sauyour..which delyuerede Danyel fro the lake of liouns.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)61b/a : Sospito [?read: Sospita]: a sauare.
- (?a1430) Hoccl.MG (Hnt HM 111)10 : Modir of mercy, wey of indulgence..Sauer of vs by thy beneuolence.
- c1450(1399) Chaucer Purse (Benson-Robinson)16 : Now, purse, that ben to me my lyves lyght And saveour..Out of this toune helpe me thurgh your myght.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(LdMisc 526)p.221 : Þer cam with hym ccc knyȝtys and dyuerse sauyouers [Rwl: othyr an-hors].
2.
Theol.: (a) One who saves man from sin and the penalty for sin, a savior; -- freq. used as a title of God or Christ; oure ~; (b) in phrases: jesu (crist) oure ~, oure ~ (crist) jesu, oure ~ jesu crist, god oure (mi) ~, etc.; also in oaths and asseverations: bi seinte ~, etc.; (c) as a title of a pagan god or of Satan.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)7916 : Þai han þe signe of our Saueour, Wherþurth..It is socour of þis lond.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)131/32 : Ȝef þou wenst, man, þat errour, Þat þare ne be no sauueour Ne oþer lyf..Lest now wat ich segge more.
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.38 : By þe book is bitokned þe saueour [F saver] to bye man aȝein..By þe prechyng wiþ grete voice is bitokned þe grete desire of þe comyng of oure saueour [F Salveor].
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)2414 : Þat haly tre..bare our sauyoure.
- (a1382) WBible(1) Prol.Kings (Bod 959)106 : Ȝou wymmen..seechyn not þe saueour [L Salvatorem] in sepulcre.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))1 Tim.4.10 : We hopen in quyk God, that is sauyour of alle men.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.285 : Iesu is to seyn Saueour or Sauacioun, on whom men shal hope to haue foryifnesse of synnes.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)1382 : Cipres..Bitakens ur suete sauueur [Göt: sauiur; Arms: sauyoure].
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)15065 : Cum forth til vs, ur saueur; We haf desired þe.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)18067 : Es god stalworth weldand in will In manhed mighti to ful-fill, And es sauuer [Göt: sauueor] o mans lede.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)9.126 : Ȝet some, aȝein þe sonde of owre saueoure [vrr. saviouris; lorde] of heuene, Caymes kynde & his kynde coupled togideres.
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)176 : Þenne may þou se þy Savior and his sete ryche.
- (?1404) Let.Durham in Bull.IHR 34 (DurDCM Locellus 25.44)p.199 : Na mare I Wryt yow at þis tyme, bot he that is oure alle sauesure [?read: saueure] kep you in body an in saulle.
- a1425 Christ.Belief (LoC 4)2/56 : I do me widynnen Ihesu Crist and I haue trewe bileue þat he is Ihesu, þat is, salueoure to alle þoe þat wid luue and trewe bileue aren bounden to him wid luue-bonde.
- a1425 HBk.GDei (Arun 507)149 : Symeon toke þe child in his armes & blissid god, for þare he sagh thorugh steryng of þe hali gaste þe salueour of al þis werld bitwene his handes.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)441 : Savyowre: Salvator, Messias, salutaris.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)14595 : My sayuyour lyfes and neuer more dyse, and on þe last day deme sall he.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)164/69 : Goddys son..Is born..Oure savyour is come to sesyn oure care.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)107b : A Savyour: Ihesus, saluator, Sother.
- ?c1475 *Trev.Nicod.(Sal 39)142a : He is sayyour [read: savyour] of mankynde.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)1313 : For his dede, salueour..callide he is..for bot his dede hade holpen tho, noȝt hade auailet his maistry.
- a1500(?a1425) Chester Pl.Antichr.(Pen 399)497/158 : Tyll that oure savyore be ryson agayne..my hart may not be fayne but I hym see withe yee.
b
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)8513 : Sche..þonked Ihesu our Saueour, Of hir sones gentil socour.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)5318 : Þou wroche glotoun losaniour, Þou schalt þe ȝeld, bi seyn Sauour.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Is.12.2 : Loo god my saueour, feiþfulli I shal don & not dreden.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Tit.2.11 : The grace of God oure Sauyour hath apperid to alle men.
- c1390 RSicily (Vrn)34 : He þouhte more in worldes honour Þen in Crist vr saueour.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)11076 : For-þi of him witnes þus vr lauerd, vr sauueur [Göt: sauuour] iesus.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)131/305 : Þus war þai held ful grete plente Thurgh vertu of..tre Þat bare Jhesu, oure sawiowre.
- c1425 Treat.10 Com.(StJ-O 94)11 : God confermed it in þe olde lawe..oure sauior criste ihesu confermynge þam in þe newe lawe euerlastanly into þe tyme of doom.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1487 : Now, Seynt Saueour, ȝe me saue And brynge me to ȝour boure of blys!
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)2099 : He swore a full grete othe By Jhesu Cryste, our sauyoure, It sholde abye the emperoure.
- c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)17/7 : Haue mynde of þe blissid pouerte of oure worthi sauyour Jhesu crist.
- c1475 Ipotis (Brm)p.27 : Here be þe vij heuyns, syre Emprore, That hath god owre savyore.
- a1500(?a1325) Otuel & R (Fil)1470 : So god me saue and sent sauour.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)24.5 : Quia tu es deus saluator meus..for thou ert god my safeoure.
c
- a1400(?a1350) Siege Troy(1) (Eg 2862)79/995 : Take..þis ryche tresoure And offer it to Appolony, oure sauyour.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)16.122 : Þanne ar ȝe cherles..And sathan ȝowre saueoure [C: saveyour] ȝow-selue now ȝe witnessen.
3.
Eccl.: (a) The consecrated Host, the body of Christ in the Eucharist; asken (receiven) ~, to ask for (receive) the Eucharist; sen ~, see the Host, attend mass; yeven ~, give (sb.) the Host, admit (sb.) to the Eucharist; (b) an image of Christ above the altar; (c) seinte ~, the name of a church.
Associated quotations
a
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)10808 : Pray we alle oure creature Þe sacrament, oure sauyoure, Þat body and soule he wyl vs saue.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6434 : And, God so wys be my socour, But thou yeve me my Savyour [F le cors nostre Seigneur] At Ester, whanne it likith me, Withoute presyng more on thee, I wole forth.
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2)1883 : When þou hast þe seke I-schryue And þou se þat he may not lyue..ȝef he aske hys sauyour, Gyf hym hyt wyþ gret honour.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)1876 : Þe mayden kneled at þe auters ȝende..& abode þere to resaue hurre saueour.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)885/22 : Than he asked hys Saveoure, and whan he had reseyved Hym, he seyde..'Syr, latte deth com whan hit pleasith Hym.'
- a1500 RHood & M.(Cmb Ff.5.48)st.7 : On thyng greves me..Þat I may not..To mas nor matyns goo; Hit is a fourtnet and more..Syn I my sauyour see.
b
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4939 : I wil..that ymage to be set just ageyn the peleer there I was wont to sitte, his [read: hire] visage toward the Savyour; And if that place be not mete, to sette here ageyn the bowtell there hire light stant.
c
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)2908 : Forþ went anon sir Kay..To þe chirche of seyn Sauour.
4.
One who preserves; a conservator.
Associated quotations
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)213/36 : Therfor the nedyth to haue a Constabil that shal not bene a destruere of thy trees, but a kepere and a Sauere.
- a1500 Heil be þou marie þe (Adv 19.3.1)p.146 : Heyle tho saluer of owre solace.
5.
In surname.
Associated quotations
- (1320) RParl.1.375b : Roberti le Sauffer.