A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1581-1623
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Suddill, Sudle, v. [Cf. Germ. sudeln to soil, defile, MHG sudeln, sudlen to wallow in mire.] tr. To soil, defile, make dirty; to stain. —1513 Doug. xii ii 124.
That with my stalwart handis I may … in the dusty puldyr … Suddill [L. foedare] and fyle hys crispand ȝallow hair 1582 Misc. Stair Soc. I 114.
It is writtin upone new parchement and to mak the wryting seme auld the parchement is all scrapit and it is blekkit and suddillit to the effect foirsaid 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 121/60.
[The earth] Dois sudle all his brou uith cloudis & mistis
