† ˈsaughten, v. Obs.
Forms: 2 sahtnie, 2–3 sehtne, 3 sahtne, sæhtne, -nie, sehtnie, seihtni, sachtni, 4 sauhtne, sahutin, sauȝtne, -tene, (saxtend), Sc. sauchtine, 5 saughten.
[f. saught a. + -en5.]
1. trans. To reconcile.
| c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 39 Þet seste is þat þu scalt sahtnien þa þe beoð unisahte mid alle þine mahte. Ibid. 83 He isehtnede god & man. c 1205 Lay. 8776 Nu þu must me ræden sæhtnien me wið þene kæisere. Ibid. 30036 Heo..spileden bitweonen þat heo wolden alle þa kinges sehtnie. a 1225 Ancr. R. 28 Vorte seihtni [v.r. sachtni] me wiþ þe deore⁓wurðe Louerd. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xviii. (Egipciane) 1485 Dere lady, I þe pray, þat..þu succure me, & sauchtine me & þi sowne. |
2. intr. To become reconciled or at peace.
| c 1205 Lay. 8254 Wið þon þe þu hine ȝeue grið & late hine sæhtne þe wið. 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. iv. 2 Seseþ, seide þe kyng..Ȝe schulle sauȝtene [MS. D. c 1480 saughten] forsothe and serue me bothe. |
Hence † ˈsaughtening vbl. n. (attrib.).
| a 1300–1400 Cursor M. 3954 (Gött.) Iacob sent þan for-to fonde, Esau wid sahutinyng sonde. c 1320 Sir Tristr. 1805 Made was þe sauȝtening And alle forȝeue bi dene. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xxi. (Clement) 742, & sic mystreutht I here forsak, & with ȝoure god wil sauchtnyng mak. c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. xi. 3165 Qwhil at þe last þe hail barne Off Brettane knyt þaim in sauchtenynge. 1513 Douglas æneis x. xiv. 176 Na frendschip in thy handis, Nane syk trety of sauchnyng nor cunnandis, My son Lawsus band vp with the. |