Middle English Dictionary Entry
sodomīt(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sodomīt(e n. Also sodamite. |
| Etymology | OF Sodomite & L Sodomītae pl., ML sodomīta. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) One who practices sodomy, a sodomite; also fig.; bodili (carnal) ~; gostli ~, one who is spiritually corrupt; (b) sodomy; sinne of ~; (c) an inhabitant of Sodom.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.279 : Alle the sodomytes [L Sodomitæ] in alle þe worlde were destroyed.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)1 Cor.6.10 : For nouþer lecchoures..ne spouse-brekeres, ne sodomytes [L masculorum concubitores], ne þefes..ne schulleþ not owe þe kyngdom of God.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)131/24 : Þere ben ypocritis, sodomitis, sacrilegers, & sellars of sacramentis.
- ?c1430(c1400) Wycl.Prelates (Corp-C 296)55 : Prelatis leuen prechynge of þe gospel & ben gostly manquelleris of mennys soulis..& ben gostly sodomytis worse þan bodily sodomytis of sodom and gomor.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)70/10 : Nouther a-voutres, ne softe delytable lyuers, ne sodomytes, oppressers, and defoulers of menchyldre schal possesse the kyngdome of god.
- c1450 Upland R.(Dgb 41)109/263 : Ȝe robbe hym fro þe trwe reule & maken hym apostata, A begger & a sodomit.
- (1463) Doc.in HMC Rep.5 App.592 : The saide Banns is a fals sodomyte and for opene and proved sodomyte stante acursed.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)55 : Wen þei [prelates] of þer office are..misusing þis generatif strengþe, are þei not..abhominabler þan carnal sodomits?
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)116b : A Sodomyte [Monson: Sodamyte]: Amasius, Cacamitus, paticus, succubus, sodomita.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)708 : Pseudo prophetes, false sodomytes!
b
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)113/396,399 : Of lecherye comeþ..Commune hordom, spousbreche, Incest, and sodomyt [alt. from: sodomye]..sodomyt hys senne Aȝens kende y-do.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)27950,27966 : Sodomite þat ful o stinc [Glb: Sodomite es a syn of stink], Þe sinn þat did þe cites sinc..Vnkindli sin and sodomite Austin cals al suilk delite Þat es not tuix womman and man.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)10365 : Foule syn of sodomyte vsed þei euer ylk man.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)220/9 : Al maner opyn synne and knowen cryez veniance to god..the synne of sodomyte [SC(1): peccatum sodomiticum].
c
- (a1382) WBible(1) Prols.Jer.(Bod 959)35 : Sodomytis &..gomorreys now to hard torment weren ordeynd.