Middle English Dictionary Entry
Sodom(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Sodom(e n. |
| Etymology | L Sodoma; also cp. OF (15th cent.) sodome sodomy (FEW 12.22b). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
In phrase: sinne of ~, the sin of Sodom, sodomy; gostli sinne of ~, spiritual corruption.
Associated quotations
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)206/35 : Þet wes þe zenne of sodome, þet prede, ydelnesse, and plente, þet is to zigge, þet hi ethen and uorzuolȝe and naȝt ne dede, huer-by hy uillen in-to þe uoule zenne þet naȝt ne is to nemni.
- c1400(?c1384) Wycl.50 HFriars (Bod 647)399 : Freris ben foule envenymed wiþ gostly synne of Sodome, and so ben more cursid þen þo bodily Sodomytis..For þei done gostily lecchorie by Gods worde, [etc.].
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)2/26 : Þe syn of sodom into heuen Hit crys euer on God almyȝt.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)2139 : Membrice wax vnkynde..& haunted synne of Sodome; Vnkyndely to bestes he com.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)14415 : Þe synne of Sodome..Is a sinne ageynes kynde.
- a1500(?c1378) Wycl.OPastor.(Ryl Eng 86)442 : Lord, siþ þe synne of sodom cryede to god for greet veniaunse, hou shal þis synne þat lettiþ þis gendrure crye to god to be a-vengid?