† sauleen.
Obsolete.
Satisfaction of appetite; a satisfying meal or quantity of food.
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the world > food and drink > food > amounts of food > [noun] > satisfying amount
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [noun] > satisfaction
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1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xvi. 11 I wolde..forto haue my fylle of þat frute forsake al other saulee [Gloss edulium].
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 272 He schal drinke no newe wijn, & he schal ete no greet saule.
c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. xliv. 73 Wherfore it nedys þanne..to abstene to mekyll ete and drynke, and fro greet saule.
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 6178 My voyded herte to fulfylle Wych so longe..hath voyde be, And neuere ne hadde hys ful sawlee.
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. v. 4 Good it were to faste a litel for to haue ful saulee at the sopere.
1450–80 tr. Secreta Secret. 31 Than mayst thou ete a good soule aftir as thyn appetit takith the.
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