† Sol a.

Obs. Also sole. [Related to SOLE v.³ Cf. SOLWY a.] Soiled, dirty.

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c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 57. Sume bereð sole cloð to þe watere forto wasshen it clene. Ibid., 163. His alter cloð [is] great and sole, and hire chemise smal & hwit, & te albe sol, & hire smoc hwit.

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a. 1225. Ancr. R., 324. Wule a weob beon … mid one watere wel ibleched, oðer a sol cloð hwit iwaschen?

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