Obs. rare. Also 5 souldye. [ad. OF. souldee, soldee, etc. (f. solde SOLD sb.1), or MDu. souldie, soudie.] Pay, salary, wages.
1474. Caxton, Chesse, III. iv. (1481), G j. To answer for hym to the knyghtes and to other persones for theyr wages and souldyes. Ibid. (1481), Reynard (Arb.), 39. He wolde paye them their souldye or wagis to fore.
1555. W. Watreman, Fardle Facions, II. x. 221. Thei haue no wages for their souldie, yet are thei prest, and ready in all affayres.
