sard, v. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

sard v.

[10C when the Lindisfarne Gospel used it in its translation of Matt. 5:27, ‘Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery’. By the 17C it was the basis of a Nottingham proverb, ‘Go teach your Grandma to sard’, but vanished soon afterwards. It is one of Florio’s synons. for Ital. fottere]

to copulate; cit. 1624 is double entendre.

[c.950		Lindisfarne Gospel Matt. v. 27 n.p.: Ne ser ? ?u o ?res mones wif [OED]].
1530		Palsgrave Lesclarcissement de la Langue Francoyse n.p.: Verbes: Sarde a queene [...] foutre. They say there was a lorde in Englande asked [...] if she was nat well sarded.
1540		D. Lyndsay Satyre of Thrie Estaits II (1604) 103: Bot nocht in thir Bischops nor thir Freirs, Quhilk will for purging of their neirs. Sard vp ta raw, and doun the vther, The mekill Devill resaue the fidder.
1598		Florio Worlde of Wordes n.p.: Fottere, to iape, to sard. [...] Fottarie, iapings, sardings.
[1617		J. Howell i in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ 17: Go, teach your grandam t? sard, a Nottingham proverb].
1624		J. Taylor Praise of Cleane Linnen II 170: This catso [...] fled for safety to the Ile of Sardinia, where for his good parts and free behauiour, he was entertained by the most beautifull Madam Meretricia, the [...] sole heire of Baloclitus, King of Sardis.