savon1 (s.xiii1)
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savon1 (s.xiii1)

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[FEW: 17,3b sapo; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 10,637a savon; TL: 9,226 savon; DEAF:  savon; DMF:  savon; TLF:  savon; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: 2933b sapo]
sabon,  sabun;  sapon,  sapone,  savaon,  saven,  savoine,  savoun,  savum,  savun,  savvon,  sawn  

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1soap, cleaning substance made of a mixture of fats and lye: 
( s.xiii2; MS: 1400-1500 )  sapo [...] gallice savoine, anglice sope  159.7
( MS: c.1300 )  Savoun de Coventré  84
( 1380 )  oyt lb. de sabon, deux rasours et deux pynes  i 144
( 1435-36 )  .ii. bout de sapon  4
2bot.borith, soapwort, Saponaria officinalis: 
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Herbam borit [...] quod ebrei gallice dicunt savun  93.26
( MS: s.xiii4/4 )  sapa: (A7) savoyne  229
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  moillét leinz un suppositorie de gros savoun e dur  ii 149
savon englesche
1English soap: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Pernetz neyre leyne [...] si le frotés entre vos mayns en sawn englesche  150.E352
savon d'Espagne
1white soap made of soda and olive oil: 
( MS: s.xivin )  Si prenge savun de Espaigne E voile la face ben quite O vif argent  206.5
( MS: s.xv )  pus pernez la ruse de cherfoyle e wodebynde and [sic] vinegre e savin d’Etspayne  52.C253
savon franceis
franceis
savon de France
1soda-ash soap, common soap: 
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  enoynet la face oveke savon de France  ii 157
savon sarazin
1black, dark soap, made from a mixture of soap-lye and olive oil: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Pernez tartarum [...] savon sarazin [...]  i 60
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  E puis pernez savaon [...] sarazin uelement unces sis  i 61
savon spatarentic
1sapo spatarenus, a type of medicinal preparation containing soap: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  e metlez amiablement od savun sparantic  i 67
savon spatarent
1sapo spatarenus, a type of medicinal preparation containing soap: 
( s.xiii1; MS: c.1365 )  pernez les deuz parties de savon spatarent et la tierce de orpiment, encorporez ensemble, et faitez un oignement de ceo  18.443
leusavon  saponere  savonele  savoner 
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