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

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

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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  Alph 159.7
( MS: c.1300 )  Savoun de Coventré  English Towns 84
( 1380 )  oyt lb. de sabon, deux rasours et deux pynes  GAUNT2 i 144
( 1435-36 )  .ii. bout de sapon  Port Bk foster 4
2bot.borith, soapwort, Saponaria officinalis: 
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Herbam borit [...] quod ebrei gallice dicunt savun  Dictionnaire hébreu 93.26
( MS: s.xiii4/4 )  sapa: (A7) savoyne  Plant Names 229
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  moillét leinz un suppositorie de gros savoun e dur  A-N Med ii 149
savon englesche
English soap: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Pernetz neyre leyne [...] si le frotés entre vos mayns en sawn englesche  Five Med MSS 150.E352
savon d'Espagne
white soap made of soda and olive oil: 
( MS: s.xivin )  Si prenge savun de Espaigne E voile la face ben quite O vif argent  Pop Med 206.5
( MS: s.xv )  pus pernez la ruse de cherfoyle e wodebynde and [sic] vinegre e savin d’Etspayne  Five Med MSS 52.C253
savon franceis
franceis
savon de France
soda-ash soap, common soap: 
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  enoynet la face oveke savon de France  A-N Med ii 157
savon sarazin
black, dark soap, made from a mixture of soap-lye and olive oil: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Pernez tartarum [...] savon sarazin [...]  A-N Med i 60
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  E puis pernez savaon [...] sarazin uelement unces sis  A-N Med i 61
savon spatarentic
sapo spatarenus, a type of medicinal preparation containing soap: 
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  e metlez amiablement od savun sparantic  A-N Med i 67
savon spatarent
sapo 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  Pharmacopoeia 18.443

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See also:

leusavon  saponere  savonele  savoner 
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