▪ 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 s{uacu}pa to sup or sip.]
A sup, sip; a small quantity of liquor; a drink.
| 1500–20 Dunbar Poems xl. 27 Off wyne owt of ane choppyne stowp, They drank twa quartis, sowp and sowp. 1721 Ramsay Elegy on Patie Birnie vi, After ilk tune he took a sowp. 1785 Burns Earnest Cry & Prayer xxiv, Wi' sowps o' kail and brats o' claise. 1865 M. R. L[ahee] Betty-o'-Yep's Laughable T. 12 Aw'd a saup o' tea an toast just afore aw seet off. 1873 Standing Echoes fr. Lanc. Vale 22 He were a reg'lar brick for a sowp o' drink. 1877 Fraser 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.
| a 1568 in 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.
| c 1450 Holland Howlat 957 He solpit, he sorowit, in sighingis seir. 1513 Douglas æneid xii. xi. 6 Sum deill or than walxis dolf this syre, Seand his horssis begyn to sowpe and tyre. c 1586 My 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) c 1450 Holland Howlat 42, I herd ane petuoss appele, with ane pur mane, Solpit in sorowe. c 1500 Kennedie Passion of Christ 1011 My hert is now sowpit in site. 1533 Bellenden Livy (S.T.S.) II. 7 Icelius, sowpit with hevy teris, went amang the pepil. 1567 Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 118 Thay..hes vs left all solpit in to cair. 1585 Jas. I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 49 Then fra thir newis, in sorrows soped haill. |
| (b) 1513 Douglas æneid vi. vii. 1 Thus quhill the portar in sleip sowpit lyis. 1533 Bellenden 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) 1515 Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. V. 39 Thair awne hors sum wes slane, sum wes bursyn, sum crukkit, sum soppit. 1533 Bellenden 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.
| 1513 Douglas æneid vii. Prol. 35 The soill ysowpit into wattir wak. 1807 J. 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