Middle English Dictionary Entry
sāving(e prep.
Entry Info
| Forms | sāving(e prep. Also saveinge, saf(e)ing & savand, savant & (error) savun. |
| Etymology | From sāving(e , ppl. of sāven v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Except for (sb. or sth.); minus (a sum of money); but for (God's mercy); al ~ but, except for (sth.); ne ~ but, but only enough (to do sth.); (b) followed by a prep. phrase: except (in a particular case or place, for sb. or sth., etc.).
Associated quotations
a
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3200 : Adam..welte al paradys sauyng o tree.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Sh.(Manly-Rickert)B.1486 : No wight..wiste of this lone Sauyng this marchant and daun Iohn allone.
- (1439) Will Norwich in Nrf.Archaeol.4331 : My wyf hath..al my mony..reseyved for the sale of hyr place in hyllington, savyng xl s., the wheche I, Rechard, receyved.
- a1450(?1409) Vision Staunton (Roy 17.B.43)62 : Þow art not stedefast on þi beleve and also to simpell to make such a viage on honde, savyng only þe merci of god.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3707 : To þe ȝatis of Caspy he come..A lande..a large & a noble, All sauand bot serpentis & oþire sere bestis.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4037 : We Ioy nouthire gemmes ne Iuwels..ne na proude wedis, Ne sauand bot to sustene with oure awen sary craftis.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)284/23 : Asone as he is in anny dedely synne, he is even redy euer to be in hell peynes, savynge þe mercy of God.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)139/15 : His gudis wer all tane fro hym safeyng a mantill.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)18/520 : This fer from yow am y, lady mastres, Savyng myn hert, which left is with yow.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)373/20 : She graunted and yaf to the forsaide Chanons all the right that she had..in vj acris of lond..Savyng thurgh all thynges the fee and heritage of tho aforsaide.
- a1475 Liber Cocorum (Sln 1986)p.55 : Tas þys for a rewle..All hole futed fuylle in flud Gose before, and ay þou take Þo grettis fyrst, savun gose and drake.
- a1500(?c1400) Song Roland (Lnsd 388)408 : Saueng you, my lord, non spar I shall.
b
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)89b/a : Þe pointes schal not ben loused to þe tyme þat þe wounde be flesschede, sauynge in þre cases.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)146b/a : Enoynte also þe place aboute wiþ summe colde oynement or þou leie on þi corrosiue, sauynge in þe place þat þou schalt leie on þi corrosiue.
- (1439) Doc.in Leach Educ.Chart.402 : All liberall sciences used in your seid universitees certein lyflode is ordeyned and endued, savyng onely for gramer.
- (1450) RParl.5.199b : Provided also that this Petition, Acte, or Ordenaunce extende noght ne be prejudiciall to Thomas Thorp, in or of ony Graunte or Grauntes..made by us unto hym..savyng in and of a Graunte made by us unto hym of x li. yerely.
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)69/2047 : Y goo alon Savyng with sorow, payne, and displesere.
- -?-(?a1495) Ordin.Househ.Cecily Neville ()38* : Rewardes from the kytchin is there none, savinge to ladyes and gentlewomen.
2.
With due respect, regard, or consideration for (someone's honor, wish, advice, etc.); -- often in direct address [some quots. may belong under saven v.5.(c)].
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)8.79 : He wolde gladliche put hym self in þe kyng of Fraunce his grace savynge his owne worschippe and þe crowne of his reamne.
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)48/19 : Whan a brother or a suster schal be resceyued..þey schul be swore vpon a book to þe brotherhede for to holde vp & meyntene þe poyntz & the articles þat be write after folwynge, eche man to his power, sauynge his estat.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1766 : He dooth al his labour As he best myghte, sauyng [vr. saueinge] his honour, To haste hem fro the mete in subtil wise.
- (1415) Doc.Conspir.Hen.V in D.K.R.43583 : Gracius lorde..Waleyway ye tyme of yat retenu makyng, for hit has broghte me to yis shame and undoyng, safyng..zowr grace and merce.
- (1420) Stonor1.32 : As touchant myn endentur, reson wolde that þay were had aredy..as sone as hy[t] myth be mad and enselyd effectually, savant my maysteris profit and worchip.
- (1423) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)114/217 : He shalle appere..atte callynge of þe Rectour of Medicyns..in..causes..to her crafte pertenynge, Sauynge alwey priuileges, statutes, and Custumes of þe Cite of London commendably vsed.
- a1450 St.Kath.(3) (Richardson 44)10 : My ryght souerayn lady, sauynge ȝoure hyȝe and noble discrecion, þis answer is ful heuy to my lady ȝour moder.
- (1461) Paston2.237 : Me semeth it were right wele don, savyng your better advice, to come hom and sele vp your evidence.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)63/1 : It is a grete mervayle, sauyng their reuerence, that the grete and riche officers..sholde be excepte.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)463 : He ys a worschyppull man, sers, sauyng yowr reuerens.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7587 : Sothely me semeth, sauyng your wille, Hit is bettur þis bold kyng in the burgh hold.
3.
For lack of (a certain person).
Associated quotations
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1126 : I will say for myself, sauyng a bettur, As me thinkes full throly with-outyn threp more.
4.
As conj.: (a) except that, with the exception that; ~ that; (b) ~ that, if, provided that.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)88a/b : Ȝif þe wounde blede ȝit faste, do in þe same manere, sauynge þat þu muste sewe þe wounde as skynners sewen her forrours.
- (c1467) Paston2.381 : Þe seid persone..can not telle the armes, ne what euydencez tho shuld be in certeyn, sauyng he thynkyth indoubted þat William Worsetre shuld not be vnremembred of this.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)166a/a : Siche woundis..schal be helid as it ys seid in þe vniuersal chapitre, savynge þat þei schal be diȝt more delicatly.
b
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)71/8 : Said Henry..'I pray you to be with me.' 'Ser, in Godes name, savyng that it pleasse yow.'