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sullent (1121-25)

sullent (1121-25)

solent;  soulent;  suillent,  sulent; 
c.s. suillenz,  sullenz  
  FEW:  *sudolentus 12,398a Gdf:  sullent 7,591a GdfC: TL: sullent 9,1071 DEAF:  sullent  DMF:  sulent  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:

a.

1sweating, covered in sweat
( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii ) Tuit estoient sullent, tant avoient coru  Rom de Rou wace i 133.3621
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 ) Sulle[n]z (var. (P: c.1310) suillenz ) ert le mulet de ceo qu'il ad erré  Rom Chev ANTS 5253
( 1181-85; MS: s.xiv1/4 ) Lé cors unt [e] neirs e suillens, E de suur teinz e pullens  Hosp Rule 743
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiiim ) [...] Pur eslaver nos quors sullenz  Mirur2 1857
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 ) a pape s’esveille, si se repent Kar de l’avisiun ver fust sulent  Mir N-D 39.IX.240
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 ) En celle chaude ewe fumé des herbes tenge ses mains o ses peez que il seient sulenz e puis de l'oinement de esquinance les oinez  A-N Med ii 235.80
sweat-stained
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 ) la suor [...] de solente robe  Ancren2 205.11
2inducing a sweat
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 ) (there are two parts of Hell:) Cil del munt est plus penibles, E cil del val plus horribles. Cil pres de l'air calz e sullenz  S Brend mup 1345

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See also:

suer3  suur1 
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