Middle English Dictionary Entry
sọ̄t n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | sọ̄t n.(2) Also sote, soite, soth, soeth, sod, suotte, (N) sut(e, sude. |
| Etymology | OE sōt |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Soot; chaumbre ~; (b) in conventional comparisons of blackness or bitterness; (c) as adj.: covered with soot, sooty; (d) as surname and in place name [see Smith PN Elem.2.134].
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)261/6 : Rammes smeru nim..meng to sot & sealt & sand..& after smyre.
- a1200 Gloss.Sidonius (Dgb 172)36/8 : Fuligo: soth.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.379 : Whan al þe chirche was on fuyre, þer fil..noþer sparcle noþer soot uppon Wolston his grave.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)310b/b : Atramentum..is blak..and is ymade of sote.
- a1400 Alphita (SeldArch B.35)69/37 : Fuligo..soeth.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)53 : If sometyme þei [dog's feet] be a chavffed, Take vynnegire and of sote..in the chymneyis and wayssh his fete therewiþ.
- a1425 KAlex.(LinI 150)5360 : In Ethiope is adych Merueillous..sot and snow comeþ out of holes.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)154a/b : Decocte honye wiþ þe pouder of brent sote and enointe þe pacient at þe fire.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)119/1 : Rogeryn setteþ tofore an oynement made of brent lede and wiþ þe duste of soote of elder tre or of fyge tree.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)622/26 : Fyligo fumalis, sote of smeche, is mykel dryeng.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)465 : Soot [Win: Soyte], of reke or smoke: Fuligo.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.849 : Oildreggis fresh for gnattis and for snaylis Or chamber soot is good to kest aboute.
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)103/246 : Tak þe rede water-kerse..& hemlok with a gret dele of sote til þei be muche iliche to grece.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)123b : Sute: fuligo.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.141 : Fallyng of soot in house is tokene of reyn sone comyngge.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)5/1 : Hir heede was wrappid in a suyvelid kerchif like as it had ben through suotte and asches.
- c1500 Recipe MSS Hast.in HMC (Hnt HU 1051)1.424 : To mak swerte colour, Tak sude and temper it with gum water.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)100/60 : The sote of the smoke hath thee al defased.
b
- a1350 Flem.Insur.(Hrl 2253)134 : Hit falleþ þe kyng of fraunce bittrore þen þe sote.
- ?a1425(a1415) Wycl.Lantern (Hrl 2324)44/22 : Envie..is ful bittir for to taast, wiþ haate as bittir as þe soot.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1194 : Of thise ilke tweye, To whom this tale sucre be or soot..I moot..tellen hire gladnesse.
- c1450 Blake be thy bondes (Ryl Eng 2)25 : Admytte this Bochas..though his habite blakker be than soote.
- c1450 Lychefelde Comp.G.(Lamb 853)332 : Al suche sacrificis y forsake, For þei ben to me as sour as sood.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)238/8 : Þe fende aperyd..wyth a berde downe to his fete, blake as soote.
- a1500(a1450) St.Robt.Knares.(Eg 3143)1153 : My synnes..Are sulped as sute ys in my syght.
- ?a1500 Othea (Hrl 838)78/21 : Phebus..chaunged þe colour off hys [raven's] feders, wyche sum tyme were wyte as snowe, into blake as soote.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)618 : Armyd was Vyce all in cure boyle Hard as any horn, blakker fer then soot.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)78/38 : Al sugre and hony, al minstralsy and melody ben but soot and galle in comparison.
c
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)123b : Sute..fuliginosus, fuligineus.
d
- (1207) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames326 : Michael de Sothil.
- (1208) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames326 : De Suthill.
- (1219) EPNSoc.31 (West Riding Yks.)193 : Sothull.
- (1243) EPNSoc.31 (West Riding Yks.)193 : Sotil.
- (1376) EPNSoc.31 (West Riding Yks.)193 : Sutehill.
- (1472) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames326 : John Sootell.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Rwl.C.506 Artist.Recipes (Rwl C.506) 167/30 : To make grey water, take sowt and grynd it with gumme water.
Note: New spelling (sowt).