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▪ I. sowp, n.1 Sc. and north. dial.|saʊp|
Also 9 soup, saup.
[a. ON. saup (cf. Norw. saup whey, buttermilk, Icel. saup soup), related to súpa to sup or sip.]
A sup, sip; a small quantity of liquor; a drink.
1500–20Dunbar Poems xl. 27 Off wyne owt of ane choppyne stowp, They drank twa quartis, sowp and sowp. 1721Ramsay Elegy on Patie Birnie vi, After ilk tune he took a sowp. 1785Burns Earnest Cry & Prayer xxiv, Wi' sowps o' kail and brats o' claise. 1865M. R. L[ahee] Betty-o'-Yep's Laughable T. 12 Aw'd a saup o' tea an toast just afore aw seet off. 1873Standing Echoes fr. Lanc. Vale 22 He were a reg'lar brick for a sowp o' drink. 1877Fraser Wigtown 355 Cud ee spare me a wee sowp o' milk for an unweel wean?
▪ II. † sowp, n.2
early Sc. variant of soup n.
a1568in Bannatyne MS. (Hunter. Club) 342/14 He..saw the wyf..sittand at ane fyre..With ane fat sowp, as I hard say.
▪ III. † sowp, v.1 Sc. Obs.
Forms: 5–6 solp, 6 so(u)p, sowp(e.
[Of obscure origin: cf. sopit pa. pple.]
1. intr. To weary, to tire; to become exhausted or worn out.
c1450Holland Howlat 957 He solpit, he sorowit, in sighingis seir. 1513Douglas æneid xii. xi. 6 Sum deill or than walxis dolf this syre, Seand his horssis begyn to sowpe and tyre. c1586My ladyis pulcritud 32 in Montgomerie's Poems (S.T.S.) 279 For no sair Nor sorrow can I soup.
2. In pa. pple. Sunk in sorrow, sleep, indolence, etc.; exhausted with trouble, travel, etc.; worn out with fatigue or weariness.
(a)c1450Holland Howlat 42, I herd ane petuoss appele, with ane pur mane, Solpit in sorowe. c1500Kennedie Passion of Christ 1011 My hert is now sowpit in site. 1533Bellenden Livy (S.T.S.) II. 7 Icelius, sowpit with hevy teris, went amang the pepil. 1567Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 118 Thay..hes vs left all solpit in to cair. 1585Jas. I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 49 Then fra thir newis, in sorrows soped haill.
(b)1513Douglas æneid vi. vii. 1 Thus quhill the portar in sleip sowpit lyis. 1533Bellenden Livy i. xii. (S.T.S.) I. 72 Þai war solpit at hame in sleuth and Idilnes. Ibid. v. xx. II. 217 Nakit bodyis sowpit full of slepe slane.
(c)1515Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. V. 39 Thair awne hors sum wes slane, sum wes bursyn, sum crukkit, sum soppit. 1533Bellenden Livy i. iii. (S.T.S.) I. 22 Becaus he was sowpit with lang travel, he lay doun in ane..plentuus gerss.
▪ IV. sowp, v.2 Obs. exc. dial.
[app. related to sowp n.1]
trans. To soak or saturate. Hence ˈsowping ppl. a., drenching, soaking.
1513Douglas æneid vii. Prol. 35 The soill ysowpit into wattir wak. 1807J. Stagg Poems 19 Fast the patt'ring hail was fa'ing, And the sowping rain as thick. 1855[Robinson] Whitby Gloss. s.v., They got fairly sowp'd through.
▪ V. sowp(e
obs. ff. sup v.1 and v.2 |