Middle English Dictionary Entry
sūdārī(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sūdārī(e n. Also sudarẹ̄, sudorẹ̄, sudurie, suarie, sodari; pl. sudaries, seudarie, seoudaries. |
| Etymology | L sūdārium, AL sūdōrium, sūārium; also cp. OF suarie, AF sudarie, vars. of OF süaire. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A cloth commonly used to wipe sweat, tears, etc. from the face, a handkerchief; also fig.; (b) the cloth of St. Veronica, on which an image of Christ's face was believed to be imprinted.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 19.20 : Lord, lo! thi besaunt, which I hadde, kept in a sudarie, ether sweting cloth.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 19.12 : On syke men the sudaries, or swetyng clothis, or nyȝt clothis, or girdils weren borun fro his body.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)5.189 : He bare a sudarie [Higd.(2): litelle clothe] in his bosom for to wype of þe teres þat ran of his eyȝen ful ofte.
- a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)98/131,137,141 : When saynt James wist how al went, Gude socure..to him he sent..His sudari [vr. sodari] to him toke he..Þe childe þan toke þe appostels sudary..Þe sudary on him he cast, And sudanly his bandes brast.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)91 : Þe apostle sent sudarijs to put on men schaking wiþ fendis, and þei were dryuen a wey.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)462 : Sodary, or sudary: Sudarium.
- c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)223/24 : We þat beleve þus, lat vs not be to inquisitiff in oure own wittis..lat vs keuer þe face of oure vndirstondyng with þe sudare of feyȝthe.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)253/16 : He keste þe sudurye at he held in his hand opon þe tone halfe of þe cetie, & onone þat halfe & all þe howsis þerof, & þai þat dwelte in þaim was destroyed.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)136 : Whan he remembrid þis negacion euyr wold he wepe, wherfor was he fayn euyr to bere a sudary in his bosum.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)110.91 (v.2:p.168) : Petyr .. bare alwey a sudarie or mokadoure in his hande to wipe with the teeris the which ful often copiously flowed oute of his eyen.
- c1475 A philosophre (Hrl 372)p.30 : For eyen and nose the nedethe a mokadour, Or sudary.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)122b : A Svdary: Facitergium, Sudarium.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)722/15 : Sudarium: a sudary.
b
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)52/69 : O Ihesu, fore þi blesful face Þou betoke Veroneca bi grace Vpon here sudare, Þat face be me consolacion..Þat day when I schal dye.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)179/6 : Hole face of our Saueour..þou settis þi prynt on lynin cloþ of witle coloure, And betoke hit Veroneca fore loue and gret honoure Vpon here sudore [rime: se].
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)64 : Of þe holy uernacle wil we speke now. Summe men clepe it þe sudary of crist; Of þis same grete relik..geruasius..seith..þat þis woman þat had þis sudary in whech crist wipt his face whan he went to his passioun was martha.
2.
(a) A piece of linen used in Biblical times to wrap the head of a corpse before burial; (b) the piece of linen used to wrap Christ's head before his burial; (c) a eucharistic cloth or veil, specif. a pall, a corporal that folds over the chalice, or a chalice veil; ?also, a veil for the ciborium [last quot., 2nd occurrence].
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))John 11.44 : He that was deed cam forth, bounden the hondis and feet with bondis, and his face was boundun with a sudarie, or sweting cloth.
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)74/15 : He aros vp als swiþe, his honden and his feete ybounden wiþ bondes, and his visage was bounden wiþ a suarie.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.99 : His hondis and his feet weren bounden wiþ swaþing bondis, and his face was bounden wiþ a sudarie.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)390/101 : Com furth, lazare..In erth shall thou no langere ly; Take and lawse hym foote and hande, And from his throte take the bande, And the sudary take hym fro.
b
- ?a1425(?c1350) NHom.(3) Pass.(RwlPoet 175)3195 : Þai toke þe cors þan þam bi-twene And lapped it in clathes clene, Obout þai band a sudary, Als custom was in þe Iewry.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))John 20.7 : He syȝ the scheetis putt, and the sudarie that was on his heed, not putt with the scheetis, but by it silf wlappid in to o place.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)17693 : His sudary [Vsp: fasciale], his wyndyng cloþe, Þere were þei lafte.
- c1430(a1410) Love Mirror (Brsn e.9)266 : Petre and John..nouȝt fyndynge the body, but onely the clothes that he was wrapped ynne and the sudarie of his heede, with grete heuynesse..tornede home aȝen.
- c1440 Bonav.Medit.(3) (Thrn)211 : Scho wypede his face..& wonde his blyssede heuede In a sudarye..And þene þey all..tuke vp his body & bare it to his graue.
- ?a1450 MLChrist (Add 39996)3211-12 : In þe schete hade ben his body, His hede lapped in þe sudarie; Þe sudarie is in oure manere Þe redy langage a volipere, For þat tyme þe vsage was To araye so men of godenesse.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)84/6 : Þe emperoure gaue him..a part of oure Lordis crosse, þe sudarie of oure Lord, þe smok of oure Ladi..all þese relikes broute he to Acon.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)332/132 : In þis cornere þe shete is fownde, and here we fynde þe sudary In þe whiche his hed was wounde whan he was take from calvary.
- a1500(?a1400) Firumb.(2) (Fil)1416 : Syr nemes..fette forthe the Crowne & the naylys thre, And so he dyd the spere that was in goddys syde; the voluper & the sudary nolde he nouȝt abyde.
- 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)354/387 : My lord Jesu is awaye, but his sudarye..lyenge here I fynd by hitselfe.
c
- [ (1388) Invent.Westm.in Archaeol.52276 : Sudaria pro patenis tenendis et oblacionibus ad missas faciendis sunt sex, quarum unum magnum pro magno calice..Quintum de panno Serico, Sextum de rubio Sendal. ]
- (1432) Rec.St.Mary at Hill27 : v corporas for principall dayes, Also vj seoudaries corporas & a case..Also ij sewdarie of lynne cloth enbraudid with gold.
- c1450 Bk.GGrace (Eg 2006)254/15 : He lyftede vppe þe ooste, closede in a boxe of golde & couerede with a sudarye.
- ?c1450 in Aungier Syon Mon.367 : Sche owethe to se that the awter clothes, awbes, and towelles, and also sudaryes longyng to the awtres be klene wasche.
- (1466) Rec.St.Stephen in Archaeol.5044 : j Rode clothe..j sudary of sylke and wt rays ouer thwerte..j sudary of perpyll sylke wt iiij knoppys of syluer ouer gyldyd for þe Coupe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1450(1438) GLeg.Paula (GiL28) (Eg 876) 138/124 : She desired to deie so pore that she wolde not leue one peny to her doughter and to her owne [body] atte [her] laste ende were lapped in a straunge suayre [L sindone].
Note: Sense 2.(a).
Note: New spelling.