Middle English Dictionary Entry
sponǧen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | sponǧen v. |
| Etymology | From L spongiāre & ME sponǧe n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To wipe with a sponge; (b) ppl. sponged, like a sponge, porous.
Associated quotations
a
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)69/308a : Spongio: to sponge.
b
- a1450 *Trev.Barth.[OD col.] (BodeMus 16)xiv.xxxii : Þouȝ cragges be neuer so hard and rouȝe and scharpe wiþoute, ȝitte wiþin þei beþ somdele sponged [Add: spoungeous] and holowȝe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 Add.18216 Artist.Recipes (Add 18216) 201/26 : Ȝyf þu makyst moche asyse, grynde hit noȝt al at onys bute litel and litel as þy ston wyl suffyre, and tak clene cleyr and sponge hit as clene as eny water, and lat hit be half water oþer more for berstynge.
Note: Sense unclear: perh. ?to spread glair (or a half water, half glair solution) onto a grinding stone ['moyloyr ston'].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1425 Add.18216 Artist.Recipes (Add 18216) 201/14 : Syse in anoþer maner. Tak þe hwyte and þe ȝylkes of eyren and sponge hem togeydere as þu makyst gleyre, and let hit stonde al a day.
Note: Additional quote.
Note: ?New sense = 'mix, ?rub'