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† sulp, v. Obs.
Also 4–5 solp.
[Etym. obscure.
Possibly related to G. dial. sulper, solper bog, mud, (? orig.) brine, pickle, sölpern to soil, sully.]
trans. To defile, pollute. Hence ˈsulping vbl. n. (= defilement) and ppl. a.
a1350St. Laurence 210 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 110 [He] makes it clene, Þat no solping þaron es sene. 13..E.E. Allit. P. A. 726 With-outen..mascle of sulpande synne. Ibid. B. 550 If he be sulped in synne. Ibid. 1135 Sulp no more þenne in synne þy saule. a1400–50Wars Alex. 4292 All þe syn at solp may þe saule. 141226 Pol. Poems 49 Sulpid in synne derk as nyȝt. |