Middle English

Verb

sawen

1. to saw

   1382 John Wycliffe, translation of the Bible (Ebrews 11:37)

   Thei weren stoned, thei weren sawid, thei weren temptid, thei weren deed in sleyng of swerd. Thei wenten aboute in broc skynnes, and in skynnes of geet, nedi, angwischid, turmentid; ("They were stoned, they were sawn, they were tempted, they were killed with the slaying of sword: they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, anguished, tormented;")

Descendants

• English: to saw

Related terms

• sawe