Sc. Obs. Forms: 5–6 solp, 6 so(u)p, sowp(e. [Of obscure origin: cf. SOPIT pa. pple.]
1. intr. To weary, to tire; to become exhausted or worn out.
c. 1450. Holland, Howlat, 957. He solpit, he sorowit, in sighingis seir.
1513. Douglas, Æneid, XII. xi. 6. Sum deill or than walxis dolf this syre, Seand his horssis begyn to sowpe and tyre.
c. 1586. My ladyis pulcritud, 32, in Montgomerie’s Poems (S.T.S.), 279. For no sair Nor sorrow can I soup.
2. In pa. pple. Sunk in sorrow, sleep, indolence, etc.; exhausted with trouble, travel, etc.; worn out with fatigue or weariness.
(a) c. 1450. Holland, Howlat, 42. I herd ane petuoss appele, with ane pur mane, Solpit in sorowe.
c. 1500. Kennedie, Passion of Christ, 1011. My hert is now sowpit in site.
1533. Bellenden, Livy (S.T.S.), II. 7. Icelius, sowpit with hevy teris, went amang the pepil.
1567. Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.), 118. Thay … hes vs left all solpit in to cair.
1585. Jas. I., Ess. Poesie (Arb.), 49. Then fra thir newis, in sorrows soped haill.
(b) 1513. Douglas, Æneid, VI. vii. 1. Thus quhill the portar in sleip soupit lyis.
1533. Bellenden, Livy, I. xii. (S.T.S.), I. 72. Þai war solpit at hame in sleuth and Idilnes. Ibid., V. xx. II. 217. Nakit bodyis sowpit full of slepe slane.
(c). 1515. Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., V. 39. Thair awne hors sum wes slane, sum wes bursyn, sum crukkit, sum soppit.
1533. Bellenden, Livy, I. iii. (S.T.S.), I. 22. Becaus he was sowpit with lang travel, he lay doun in ane … plentuus gerss.
