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sace1 (c.1165)
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The form sarge2 is a cross reference to the following entry:

sace1 (c.1165)

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saarz,  saaz,  saç,  sarce,  sarge,  sars,  sarse,  sarz,  sas,  saz  (sarcer)  
  FEW:  saetacium 11,52a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  saas 10,604a TL: säaz 9,288 DEAF:  saaz  DMF:  sas  TLF:  sas 1  OED:  searce n.  MED:  sarce n.  DMLBS:  saetarium 2895c

There is no etymological source for the -r. The forms with -r appear to be unique to Middle English and Anglo-Norman, though it is unclear where the phenomenon originated. The relationship to Latin saccus and saccare is unclear (the DMLBS attests a sense of 'to sieve through a sack' for the latter), with some forms able to be interpreted as variants of sac#2.

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implementdomestichair-sieve, strainer made of finely woven hair: 
( c.1165; MS: s.xii4/4 )  Aprés la feste Saint Thomas belle fille tuche la sarz (Latin: A festo Thome taratanthara filia tange)  Prov Serl1 218
( MS: s.xiii )  taratantarum: (L) saz (var. (D: s.xiiiex) sarce; (D: s.xiii-xivin) sarcer)  TLL ii 137
( MS: s.xiii2 )  colum: sas  TLL ii 19
( s.xivin; MS: 1382 )  Sak, cryvere et sace (M.E. Sak, ridelle and heresyve)  Nominale 530
( MS: s.xiv )  e melle tout ensemble; puis le coule parmy .j. saç en eawe freid  Five Med MSS 92.S68
sace a leit
domesticimplementcolander, strainer: 
( MS: c.1250 )  hoc colum: saç a leit  TLL i 414

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sacer1 
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