† 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.
| a 1350 St. 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. a 1400–50 Wars Alex. 4292 All þe syn at solp may þe saule. 1412 26 Pol. Poems 49 Sulpid in synne derk as nyȝt. |