salsare

salsare [LL as p. ppl. only < CL salsus p. ppl. of sallere+-are] 1 to preserve or cure with salt, to salt: a (food, esp. meat or fish); b (hide). a s1064 quod ‥ cibos ~atos sufficienter inveniret H. Hunt. HA VI 25 (cf. M. Par. Maj. I 534); 1215 carnem ~ari faciatis Cl I 182a; 1288 J. J. vendidit carnes putridas et male ~atas Leet Norw. 20; a1298 centum balene meliores, de eodem anno ~ato [sic; l. ~ate], pro xvj s. ‥ ; et centum balene meliores, superannuate, pro viij s. MGL II 119; 1330 pro una celdra grossi salis pro venacionibus regis ‥ ~andis, xxiiij s. ExchScot 313; 1367 pro tot piscibus ~and’ quot de sale illo ~ari poterunt RScot 912a.  b a1295 nullus tannator debet ~are aliqua coria Gild Merch. I 232. 2 to cover with salt water. b (p. ppl. as adj.) salt-water (in quot. of water meadow, dist. from recens). c1257 nisi terra sua per predictas wallias esset defensa, tota terra sua esset superundata et †falsata [l. salsata] Laws Romney Marsh 27.  b c1180 dedisse ‥ tres carucatas terre ‥ cum prato recenti et ~ato Ch. Mowbray 360.