Obs. [OE. sylian (also besylian), f. sul-, related to sol-: see SOLE sb.4, SOL a., SOLE v.3, SOLL v., SOLWE v., SOWL v.1, and cf. OFris. sulenge soiling, MHG. süln to sully.] a. trans. To soil, sully.

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c. 897.  K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past. C., liv. 419. Sio suʓu hi wille sylian on hire sole æfterðæmðe hio aðwæʓen bið.

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a. 1000.  Boeth. Metr., ix. 60. He on unscyldʓum eorla blode his sweord selede swiðe ʓelome.

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 396. Þet weren so sike of sunne, & so isuled þer mide.

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c. 1230.  Hali Meid., 35. Þis is sunne,… & unwurðcheð þi bodi, Suleð þi sawle.

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  b.  intr. To be defiled.

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a. 1250.  Owl & Night., 1240. Sum blynd mon … To þare diche his dwele voleweþ, & falleþ, & þar-onne sulieþ.

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