Middle English Dictionary Entry
sought n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sought n. Also souȝt, south, soght, sogth, sort. |
| Etymology | OE suht & ON: cp. OIsōtt. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
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Associated quotations
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)14157 : Consail þai tok iesum biseke, For þair broþer þat was sa seke..þai trud þat he moght þair broþer sauue of al his soght [Trin-C: make him hool to be].
- c1400 MS Sln.7 in Halliwell D.950 : For the ȝalow souȝt, that men callin the jaundys.
- ?c1450 Iff a man (Add 17866)192 : Celydoyne..is gode to drynke..For gulsought and the Jaundise.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)66b : Iaunes, vbi Golsoght.
- a1500 Med.Bk.(2) (Sln 3153)134 : For þe ȝelwenes þat is cald þe gulesogth.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)43/4 : Hit schal destriȝe alle maner poison and venym and droposy and þe gussort [?alt. to: gulsort].
- ?a1500 Med.Bk.(2) (Hrl 1600)80 : For the ȝalowsought [Add 33996: Pro sudore croceo; vr. For þe gulsouth] þat is cald Iawnys.