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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1586
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Sage, n.2 Also: seage. [ME and e.m.E. sage (14th c.), saugys pl. (c1440), OF sage (1080 in Larousse. Cf. Sage adj.] A sage, a man of great wisdom; one of the ‘seven sages of Rome’ of mediaeval romance. a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis title.
Heir begynnis the buke of the sevyne sagis a1500 Ib. 38.
Than rais the secound sage full raith a1500 Ib. 20, etc. c1550 Rolland Court of Venus ii 968.
I haif bene … at the seuin seages of sapience 1560 Id. Seven Sages title-page.
The seuin seages … with ane louing and laude to euerie doctour efter his awin tale a1570-86 Maitland Folio MS 421/84.
Quhen syt and sorrow seimis superlatiwe Sagis suld seim leist sucius and sorie
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