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sauciare [CL] 1 to wound, cause physical hurt or damage to (person or part of body); b (w. ref. to Passion of Christ); c (fig.). geminis spicularum vulneribus ~iata [gl.: i. multata] et purpureo perfusa cruore pro Christo martirizavit Aldh. VirgP 47; vulnere letali ~iatum V. II Off. 3; ~iare, vulnerare, plagiare Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 195; c1250 labri rose quam livor sauciat J. Howd. Ph. 1001; s1272 filius regis Henrici in civitate Acon ‥ cum cultello toxicato ~iatus fuit Feudal Man. 101; vulnere ~atus arestatus est Chr. Kirkstall 125. b Judaycus populus sauciat ecce Deum Vers. Peterb. Psalter 48; venerabiles manus perforatas, latus dulcissimum lancea ~iatum Rolle IA 222; morte sauciatus / pro nostro scelere Ledrede Carm. 22. 25. c parcere flagitium credens, cum patriae ~iatae adeo necessaria causa ageretur, infestissimo hoste in medio sinu ejus deprehenso W. Poit. I 34; 1291 sepe [ecclesiam] felleo cibo pavit, sa[u]ciavit vulneribus et turbacionis valide acerrima punctura confodit Reg. Wint. 475. 2 to cut into (in quot. fig. w. ref. to spoliation of a meadow). 1154 cum omnes alta pace gaudeamus, per te arva solummodo dudum herbis floribusque depicta, se in omnem jam frugum exuberantiam exerceri, nocte dieque ligonibus aratrisque sauciari secure tuo sub imperio conqueri posse videntur G. Foliot Ep. 125. 3 (transf. or fig.) to cause mental pain or grief to, to hurt or offend. b (w. conscientiam) to feel remorse. mens ‥ elationis jaculo vulneratur ‥ tumentis arrogantiae spiculo ~iatur [gl.: vulneratur] Aldh. VirgP 16; ne mentes lugentium adhuc immoderato dolore ~iatas recentium refricatione vulnerum gravius ulceremus J. Sal. Pol. 396A; quanto interno livoris vulnere animus ~iatur, tanto ‥ mansuetudo tranquillitatis amittitur Ib. 712B; s1252 ut sic suorum naturalium corda insanabilius ~iaret M. Par. Maj. V 329; s1253 rex ‥ libertatem Londonie †sarcians [l. saucians] mille marcas proinde ‥ extorsit Oxnead Chr. 196; pessimis ‥ cogitacionibus ‥ ~iatus Eul. Hist. I proem. p. 2. b de peccato in Wilfridum commisso ~iatus conscientiam W. Malm. GP III 103; libidinis cauterio ~iatam gerens conscientiam Mir. Fridesw. 46. 4 to strike, make an impression on: a (mental impression); b (physical sensation). a forme gratia et gestuum elegantia ~iatus animum W. Malm. GR I 7. b ne vocabulorum barbaries delicati lectoris ~iaret aures W. Malm. Wulfst. I 16.

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