A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Sol(l, Sulȝe, v. P.p. sollit; sowit; soyld, -ede. [ME and e.m.E. soil- (Ancr. R.), isoyled p.p. (1297), OF soill(i)er.] tr.
1. reflex. To defile (oneself).a1400 Leg. S. xvi 276.
Thu lyis solland thé in swet!
2. passive. Of a thing: To be soiled or sullied. Also fig.(a) 1584-9 Maxwall Commonpl. Bk. Prov. No. 194.
The fairest silk is soonest soylede(b) 1567–8 Crim. Trials I i 501.
Sche causit tak doun the said new blak bed, sayand, it wald be sulȝeit with the bathfig. 1611-57 Mure Early Misc. P. xv 12.
And earth's decoirment by death's furie soyld [: spoyld]
3. Of a person: To be defiled or polluted in sin.a1400 Leg. S. xviii 586.
Godis willis was That me for my wikytnes Wald nocht his tempil I com in That sa sowit was in syne a1400 Leg. S. xviii 771.
Scho was lange sowit in syne a1400 Leg. S. xix 644.
Owt of bordale he brocht twa … That … lange tyme lay sollit in syne a1400 Leg. S. xxxiv 105.
Hou foule ore vnfaire we be … & sollit in the filth of syne
