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sultif1 (1121-25)
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sultif1 (1121-25)

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soltif,  sotif;  soultif,  soutif;  sutif,  sutyf, 
f. sultive  (soustes (l. soustis?) S Godric 651,  subtive)  
  FEW:  solitaneus 12,60b Gdf:  soltif 1 7,462a GdfC: ∅ TL: soutif 9,1021 DEAF:  soutain (soutif)  DMF:  soutif 2  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  solitivus 3119c

a.

1solitary, alone: 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Ço fud Mernoc qui fud frerre Del liu u cist abes ere, Mais de ço fud mult voluntif Que fust ailurs e plus sultif  S Brend mup 88
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Achimemelch s'esmerveillad de ço que David vint si sultifs, si li dist: 'Purquei viens suls [...]?'  Liv Reis1 42.1
( MS: s.xiiim )  cel sutif heremite  Vitas 6466
♦ (of way of life) spent alone or in solitude: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  Quanqu'eles eurent tut guerpirent. [...] en subtive vie se mistrent  S Jean ANTS 5086
2uninhabited, desolate, lonely: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiiex )  Es veies sultives e guastes  Brut WACE 14687
( 1190-93; MS: s.xiv1 )  Par une sultives (var. (B: s.xiv2/4) sutive ) valees  S Edm Life ANTS 3810
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  un desert Qui solitaire e soutif ert  Dial Greg SATF 9748
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  en cel pais [...] Que dunc fud gastes e sutis  S Modw 5772
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Faire habiter es lieus sultis  GOWER Mirour 3784
3secret, hidden: 
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  une chambre sutife i unt truvee  S Aub 512
( 1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  la bonne alme ensi sultive En l’amour Dieu est ententive  GOWER Mirour 10609

s.

one who is solitary, alone: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Deus en sun saint tabernacle, Deus fait abiter les sultifs (Latin: solitarios) en maisun  Camb Ps 113.LXVII.6

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See also:

sultain  sultaineté  sultivement1  sultivement2  sultivesce  sultiveté 
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