a. Obs. In 3 suti, swuti, 4 sutty. [Cf. OE. besútod defiled, foul.] Foul (lit. and fig.).

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a. 1225.  St. Marher. (1862), 15. Þenchen hu swart þing ant hu suti is sunne.

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a. 1225.  Leg. Kath., 452. & ti swuti speche walde of wisdom & of wit beoren þe witnesse.

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 228. Þe deope dich of sum suti sunne.

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a. 1240.  Ureisun, in O. E. Hom., I. 185. Mi saule þet is suti ȝet, make hire wurþe to þi swete wunninge.

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a. 1400.  Octavian, 885. Clement broght forthe schylde and spere,… Alle sutty, blakk, and unclene.

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