The York Cycle's Saggard and Gaelic Sagart 'Priest'

Resumen:
The potential meaning of the term 'saggard' in the York play of the 'Death of Christ' is discussed. The term was commonly construed as a noun from the word 'sag.' However, it could also denote the mocking of Christ as a 'sagari,' the Irish and Scottish Gaelic word for priest