Middle English Dictionary Entry
sotīe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sotīe n. Also sottie. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. sotship(e n.
1.
Folly, foolishness; also, a state of foolish infatuation; ~ of love, love ~.
Associated quotations
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.1887 : He..hath withinne himself so tamed His herte, that al the sotie Of love for chivalerie He lefte.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.584 : This fievere of Jelousie, Somdel it groweth of sotie Of love and somdiel of untrust.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.223 : For so thurgh drunke I am of love, That al that mi sotye demeth Is soth.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.235 : The hete is al ago Of such sotie as I was inne.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)6.1335 : Of his Sotie..he secheth Sorcerie Of hem that ben Magiciens.
- a1450 Who þat liste loke (Stw 951)48/310 : Al tyme of yhere þe faire of loue sotie Is open to all þat lyst choese of two Cupides tonnes.
- a1456 Marmaduke SSecr.(Ashm 59)211/14 : Shewe hem þat it is..wisdame to flee sottye [Lambeth: foly; L stulticiam] or ignoraunce.