▪ I. † sule n.
var. of soil n.1; cf. sulye.
| c 1440 Promp. Parv. 484/1 Sule erthe.., solum, tellus. |
▪ II. † sule, v. Obs.
[OE. sylian (also besylian), f. sul-, related to sol-: see sole n.4, sol a., sole v.3, soll v., solwe v., sowl v.1, and cf. OFris. sulenge soiling, MHG. süln to sully.]
a. trans. To soil, sully.
| c 897 K. ælfred Gregory's Past. C. liv. 419 Sio suᵹu hi wille sylian on hire sole æfterðæmðe hio aðwæᵹen bið. a 1000 Boeth. Metr. ix. 60 He on unscyldᵹum eorla blode his sweord selede swiðe ᵹelome. a 1225 Ancr. R. 396 Þet weren so sike of sunne, & so isuled þer mide. c 1230 Hali Meid. 35 Þis is sunne,..& unwurðcheð þi bodi, Suleð þi sawle. |
b. intr. To be defiled.
| a 1250 Owl & Night. 1240 Sum blynd mon..To þare diche his dwele voleweþ, & falleþ, & þar-onne sulieþ. |