† sollv.
Scottish. Obsolete.
transitive. To make foul, defile.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty [verb (transitive)]
uncleanseOE
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c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 276 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 264 Þu..tholis godis servand[is] spyll..& þu lyis solland þe in swet.
c1480 (a1400) St. Christopher 644 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 358 Owt of bordale he brocht twa..þat..lange tyme lay sollit in syne.
c1480 (a1400) St. Pelagia 105 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 207 Oure verray spouse, rekis nocht a laste hou foule..we be in þe sicht of his maieste, & sollit in þe filth of syne.
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