† sulpv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To defile, pollute.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > pollute or defile
afileeOE
awemOE
filec1175
wemc1175
soila1250
foulc1330
defoula1340
bleckc1380
blemishc1380
pollutea1382
tache1390
sulpa1400
vilec1400
spota1413
stain1446
defilec1450
violate1490
tan1530
smear1549
beray1576
moil1596
discolour1598
smut1601
bespurtle1604
sullya1616
commaculatec1616
decolour?c1622
collutulate1623
deturpate1623
berust1631
smutch1640
discolorate1651
smoot1683
tarnish1695
tar1817
dirten1987
a1400–50 Wars Alex. 4292 All þe syn at solp may þe saule.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1135 Sulp no more þenne in synne þy saule.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 550 If he be sulped in synne.
1412 26 Pol. Poems 49 Sulpid in synne derk as nyȝt.
Derivatives
ˈsulping n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun]
solwinessa1300
befiling1340
filing1340
sulpinga1350
defouling1382
defoula1387
pollutionc1422
inquination1447
contagya1513
coinquination?1550
defiling1585
dirting1591
tainture1609
impuration1614
conspurcation1616
contamination1620
empoisonment1626
defilement1637
contagion1662
dirtying1674
polluting1897
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > polluting or defiling
wemming1100
sulpinga1350
defouling1382
pollutionc1422
pollutinga1449
deturpation1490
defiling1585
commaculation1637
defilement1637
sullage1641
infoedation1661
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [adjective] > corrupting > defiling or polluting
sulpinga1350
a1350 St. Laurence 210 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Leg. (1881) 110 [He] makes it clene, Þat no solping þaron es sene.
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 726 With-outen..mascle of sulpande synne.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
<
v.a1350