Middle English Dictionary Entry
soiling ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | soiling ger. Also souling(e. |
| Etymology | From soilen v.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Defilement, moral pollution.
Associated quotations
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2530 : Be þe dowes verray Innocence Of hem in loue..þat her grounde schulde honest be & clene, I-tokenyd is, clerly be witnes, With-out soillyng or any vnclennes.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)466 : Sowlynge [Win: Sowlyng], or solwynge: Maculacio, deturpacio, sordidacio.
- c1450(c1400) Rev.Jul.Norwich (Add 37790)49/16 : I behelde contynuely a party of his passyon: despite, spittynge in, sowlynge of his bodye, & buffetynge in his blysfulle face.