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▪ I. † sule n.
var. of soil n.1; cf. sulye.
c1440Promp. Parv. 484/1 Sule erthe.., solum, tellus.
▪ II. † sule, v. Obs.
[OE. sylian (also besylian), f. sul-, related to sol-: see sole n.4, sol a., sole v.3, soll v., solwe v., sowl v.1, and cf. OFris. sulenge soiling, MHG. süln to sully.]
a. trans. To soil, sully.
c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. C. liv. 419 Sio suᵹu hi wille sylian on hire sole æfterðæmðe hio aðwæᵹen bið. a1000Boeth. Metr. ix. 60 He on unscyldᵹum eorla blode his sweord selede swiðe ᵹelome. a1225Ancr. R. 396 Þet weren so sike of sunne, & so isuled þer mide. c1230Hali Meid. 35 Þis is sunne,..& unwurðcheð þi bodi, Suleð þi sawle.
b. intr. To be defiled.
a1250Owl & Night. 1240 Sum blynd mon..To þare diche his dwele voleweþ, & falleþ, & þar-onne sulieþ. |