† saughtenv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To reconcile.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > bring to peace (strife or discord) [verb (transitive)] > reconcile (people)
seema1000
saughtc1000
saughtela1122
accordlOE
i-sehtnec1175
saughtenc1175
to bring, make, set at onec1300
peasec1300
reconcilec1390
corda1400
pacifyc1500
agree1530
reconciliate1539
gree1570
atone1597
compose1597
even1620
to build bridges1886
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 39 Þet seste is þat þu scalt sahtnien þa þe beoð unisahte mid alle þine mahte.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 83 He isehtnede god & man.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 25 For to sachtni wið þe deorewurðe lauerd.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14990 Heo..spileden bitweonen. þat heo wolden alle þa kinges sehtnie.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4377 Nu þu must me ræden. sæhtnien [c1300 Otho sehnie] me wið þene kæisere.
c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 1485 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 339 Dere lady, I þe pray, þat..þu succure me, & sauchtine me & þi sowne.
2. intransitive. To become reconciled or at peace.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > become at peace with each other [verb (intransitive)]
saughtel1154
saughtenc1275
peasec1300
saughta1400
reconcilec1425
agree1447
to make peace1535
to fall in1546
to piece up1653
to kiss and be friends1657
to kiss and make up1657
to make it up1669
to make it up1722
conciliate1747
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4116 Wið þon þe þu hine ȝeue grið. & late hine sæhtne þe wið.
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iv. 2 Seseþ, seide þe kyng..Ȝe schulle sauȝtene [MS. D. c1480 saughten] forsothe and serue me bothe.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun]
saughteningc1330
peacemakinga1450
pacifying1474
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 1805 Made was þe sauȝtening And alle forȝeue bi dene.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 3954 Iacob sent þan for-to fonde, Esau wid sahutinyng sonde.
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. xi. 3165 Qwhil at þe last þe hail barne Off Brettane knyt þaim in sauchtenynge.
c1480 (a1400) St. Clement 742 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 394 Sic mystreutht I here forsak, & with ȝoure god wil sauchtnyng mak.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. xiv. 176 Na frendschip in thy handis, Nane syk trety of sauchnyng nor cunnandis, My son Lawsus band vp with the.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
v.c1175