A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1460-1513, 1567-1605
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(Soup, Sowp,) Sop, v.4 P.t. soupit. P.p. soupit, sowpyt, soipit, ysowpit, (solpit). [? f. as Sop n.1, Sope n. Cf. e.m.E. soppe (1570) to dip, soak or steep in liquid. Also in 19th c. north. Eng. dial.] tr. To soak, saturate. Also fig.In the second quot., solpit (? selpt) may possibly be derived from the p.p. of ME sulp, solp (OED Sulp v.) to defile, pollute.p.t. a1508 Kennedy Pass. Christ 963.
A spowng … intill wynakar thai soupit it full sonep.p. 1460–1 Aberd. B. Rec. MS V i p. 414 (17 March).
Anente certane sekis & of skynnis & woll & other marchandice wet & solpit [transcr. selpt] as thai saide in the said schipe 1513 Doug. v iv 35.
Meneyt our schipburd slyde, Hevy, and al his weid sowpyt with seys [L. madidaque fluens in veste] 1513 Doug. vii Prol. 35.
The soyl ysowpit into watir wak a1605 Montg. Flyt. 426 (T).
They saw the schit all beschyttin and soipit in charne c1590 J. Stewart 54/52.
Herbs and flours aboundant dois vpcast Sueit sauorus smell in sop all soupit scheinefig. a1568 Wedderburn in Bannatyne MS 260b/55.
Hir fenȝeit wo did sop my hart with cair
