soil2 (c.1136-65)

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soil2 (c.1136-65)

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[FEW: 12,61b solium; Gdf: 7,508a souil; GdfC: ; TL: 9,768 souil /9,1023 souz; DEAF:  soil; DMF:  souil; TLF:  souille; OED:  soil n.3; MED:  soile n.; DMLBS: 3120a solium]
sooil, 
pl. souce,  sous,  souz,  souze;  sus  

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1mess, impropriety
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Pur ceo ke a cristiens failir ne voil A lur bosoigne, ne fere nul soil  38.214
fig.filth, vice
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  the whore: de gesir en tel ordure Se delitet a desmesure; Od dolce parole qu'el  (ms. quele) feint Quiert k'a sun soil altres ameint  4690
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  the woman, symbol of heresy: Sa bealté ordeie e despit Par le soil de mondain delit  6922
2dung heap, manure pile
( c.1290; MS: s.xivin )  Les feens estrez de puaunt souze (var. (G: 1307-25) souz;  (C: s.xivin) sous )  796
soillable  soiller  soilleure  soillurous  solivur  suel 
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