Middle English Dictionary Entry
sot adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | sot adj. Also sotte, soth. |
| Etymology | OE sott adj.; also cp. OF sot & ML sottus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Stupid, foolish [some exx. could be construed as sot n.(1)]; (b) ?in surname.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)101/15 : Ȝif ani..is spekende sotwordes ðe aræreð up hleitres, none wunienge ne haue he mid ðe.
- a1200 PMor.(Trin-C B.14.52)130 : Wel late he lateð euel werc þan he hit ne mai don no more..For-þi he is sot þe swo abit to habben godes ore.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)35/6 : Þurh þet ilke þet ha weneð to beo wis ihalden, he understont þet ha is sot.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)172/21 : Schrift ȝet schal beo..to wis mon imaket..nawt to ȝunge preostes..ne to sotte alde.
- a1250(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Tit D.18)8/77 : Þeos lufsume lafdi..ne luuede ha nane lihte plahen ne nane sotte songes.
- c1275 On hire is al (Clg A.9)37 : Ich þenche sunne fleo And alle mine sot dede.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1435 : An ȝunling not hwat swuch þing is; His ȝunge blod hit draȝeþ amis, An sum sot mon hit tihþ þarto.
- ?a1300(c1250) Prov.Hend.(Dgb 86)st.7 (3rd word) : Sot is soþ [vr. sot], and þat is sene, For he spekeþ wordes grene.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3685 : Brend and doluen was ðat folc soth; Ðat stede beð cald ðor-fore cabroth.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3688 : Forð he nomen to assaroth, Ðor wurð maria sumdel soth, For sche ðor haueð wið moyses fliten.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19194 : Þat bidd yee þat he mast for-bedis, And sua yee sceu all yur sottdedis.
- a1400 *Suo sit fairhed (Cmb Gg.4.32)1 : Svo sit fairhed in womman sot Suo þe geldene begh in Suynes Wrot.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.2302 : Men wolde deme me pleinly to sotte To presume of oppinioun.
b
- (1327) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10132 : Johne Sotman.