Middle English Dictionary Entry
sol(e adj.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | sol(e adj.(2) |
| Etymology | OE sol dirty; cp. ME sōlen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Soiled, dirty.
Associated quotations
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)57 : Sume bereð sole cloð to þe watere forto wasshen it clene.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)163 : His alter cloð great and sole, and hire chemise smal and hwit, and te albe sol and hire smoc hwit..Ðe corporeals sole and unshapliche.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)166/9 : Wule a web beon..wið a weater wel ibleachet, A sol clað wel iweschen?