Sc. Obs. Forms: α. 5 soilie, 7 soilzie; β. 5–6 soulȝe, sulȝe, 5 suilye, 6 sulze, suilȝ(i)e. [Sc. var. of SOIL sb.1] Soil, ground; land, earth.
α. 1434. St. Andrews Reg. (Bann. Club), 424. To brek stanys and away leid thru þe landes … withoutyn … spillyng of his soilie.
1609. Skene, Reg. Maj., Baron Courts, c. 65 § 1. Gif any beast … be founden within the Lordship, and the soilzie of any man.
β. 1483. Acts Parl. Scot., Jas. III. (1814), II. 161/2. Þe ground & sulȝe of þe samyn lands.
1493. Reg. Aberdon. (Maitl. Club), I. 334. Þe soulȝe ande manss of Innernothy.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, IV. i. 76. The riche sulȝe trivmphall Of Aphrik boundis.
1546. Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot., 11. Infra solum, territorium et lie suilȝe ejusdem. Ibid. (1592), 719/2. Terras husbandias … infra villam, territorium et lie suilȝie de Reidpeth.
