[sultain] (s.xiii1/3)

[sultain] (s.xiii1/3)

[hp]

  FEW:  solitaneus 12,60b Gdf:  soltain 7,461b GdfC: TL: soutain 2 9,1019 DEAF:  soutain  DMF:  soltain  TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:
sultan  

The editor has glossed the term as 'powerful' though there is no etymological reason to understand the term in this sense. It seems possible that the term represents a derivation of Latin solitaneus either in the sense of 'solitary' as it is defined here, or perhaps in relation to the goddess's link to the wilderness.

a.

1alone, solitary
( s.xiii1/3; MS: s.xivin )  une temple dame Diane, Une deuesse mult sultane  588
sultif#1  sultaineté  sultivement#1  sultivement#2  sultivesce  sultiveté 
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