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 Sulping vbl. sb. (= 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.
