soe Now dial.
(səʊ)
Forms: α. 4–5 saa, 5 sa, saae, 4–5, 9 sae, 8 cea (see also say n.3). β. 4, 7–9 so, 5–6 soo (6 swoo), 5– soe (6 sooe, sowe, 8 sow), 7–8 soa.
[a. ON. sá-r: see say n.3]
A large tub.
| α 1377–8 Durh. Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 387 In uno sae empt. pro vitriario. c 1425 in Wr.-Wülcker 662 Hec tina, sa. 1459–60 Durh. Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 152 Pro j saa pro aqua portanda. 1480–1 Ibid. 97, j sae;..ij saez. 1752 Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 446 All tubs, ceas,..and other cooper work. 1889 Ellis Pronunc. v. 799 [In Orkney] sae is a pail or bucket. |
| β c 1300 Havelok 933 He kam to þe welle, water up-drow, And filde þer a michel so. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 462/1 Soo, or cowl, vessel, tina. 1459 in Ripon Ch. Acts (Surtees) 86 Tubbes, soes, alepoittes. 1541 Hist. MSS. Commiss., Rutland MSS. IV. 352 For one soo to the stable. 1578 Richmond. Wills & Inv. (Surtees) 282 A swoo with other smole tryfles. 1580–1 Reg. St. Michael-le-Belfrey, York (Surtees) I. 33 [A child] by misfortune drowned in a soo of water. 1611 Cotgr., Tine, a Stand, open Tub, or Soe. 1679–80 Fabric Rolls York Minster (Surtees) 352 The child was drowned in a little water in ye bottom of a soa. 1691 Ray N.C. Words (ed. 2) 66 A So or Soa, a Tub with two Ears to carry on a stang. 1866– in Linc. glossaries. |
b. attrib. and
Comb., as
soe-ful,
soe-staff,
soe-tree. (See also
sastange.)
| 14.. Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 725 Hoc tinarium, a so-tre. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 466/1 Soo tre, or cowl tre, falanga. 1611 Cotgr., Tinée, a Stand-full, or Soe-full. 1613 F. Robartes Revenue Gospel 49 One cluster thereof is carried between two vpon a soa-staffe. 1653 H. More Antid. Ath. ii. vi. §2 For one Bason-full you may fetch up so many Soe-fulls. |