Middle English Dictionary Entry
soil n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | soil n.(2) Also suil; pl. soil(l)es, sules, seulis. |
| Etymology | OF sueil, suil, soil, seul. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. sil(le n., sole n. 2.(a).
1.
The base of a window, a window sill; -- also coll.; also [quot. 1428], ?the threshold of a doorway; ?the lintel of a doorway.
Associated quotations
- (1362) in Salzman Building in Engl.110 : Suyll.
- (1373) in Salzman Building in Engl.449 : Ponet primo supra dictum murum bases vocatos sulis, altitudinis dimidie pedis et latitudinis unius pedis et dimidie.
- (1384) in Salzman Building in Engl.113 : [9 s. 9 d. paid for] soill, [fenestrals, and moynels for 3 windows].
- (1416-17) in Willis & C.Cambridge 2442 : Pro vij xx pedibus vocat sewlys et vaucers, xvij s. vj d.
- (1427-8) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)170 : Item, soill For wyndowes, xxv Fote at ij s. iiij d. the Fote.
- (1428) in Salzman Building in Engl.110 : Soilez [and] jambepeces [for hanging the iron door].
- (1447-8) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1369 : A closette with an auter therin..vauted and finisshed vnther the soil of the yle windowes.
- a1500 in Salzman Building in Engl.93 : Soyl.
- a1500 in Salzman Building in Engl.110 : Soilles.