saveour

Middle English

Alternative forms

safeoure, salveour, sauveor, sauveour, sauveur, saveor, saveoure, saveur, savior, saviur, savyore, savyouer, savyour, savyoure, savyowre, sawiowre
salver, sauver, sauvour, savare, saver, savere, savour (contracted)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sauveor, salveor, from Latin salvātor; equivalent to saven +‎ -our. Doublet of salvatour.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌsaːveːˈuːr/, /ˌsaːviˈuːr/, /ˈsaːvjur/, /ˌsau̯-/
(contracted) IPA^(key): /saːˈvuːr/, /ˈsaːvur/, /sau̯-/

Noun

saveour

A saviour or deliverer; one who rescues from harm.
(theology) A salvific religious figure, especially Jesus.
(by extension) A communion wafer; Eucharistic bread.

Descendants

English: savior, saviour; Savior, Saviour
Scots: saviour; Saviour

References

“sāveǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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