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sowl

noun
/saʊl//səʊl/UK/soʊl/US

Etymology

From Middle English sowel, souel, suvel (“food eaten with bread; food in general”), from Old English sufel, sufol (“anything (especially relish) eaten with bread; sowl”), from Proto-West Germanic *sufl, from Proto-Germanic *suflą (“entremets, viands”), from Proto-Indo-European *seu-, *sew- (“juice; moisture; rain”). The word is cognate with Danish sul (“sowl”), Middle Dutch suvel, zuvel (Dutch zuivel (“dairy products”)), Middle Low German suvel, süvel, suffel (“sowl”), Old High German sufil, sufili, Old Norse sufl, Norwegian suvl, sovl, sul (“milk porridge; food eaten with bread, porridge or soup”), Saterland Frisian süfel (“dairy products”), Swedish sovel (“sowl”), West Frisian suvel (“dairy products”).

  1. derived from *seu-✻
  2. inherited from *suflą✻
  3. inherited from *sufl✻
  4. inherited from sufel
  5. inherited from sowel

Definitions

  1. A dainty

    A dainty; a relish; a sauce; anything eaten with bread.

    • Good lorjus days, whot whofo times ar' theese! / Pot-baws ar scant, an dear is seawl an cheese!

  2. Archaic spelling of soul.

    • Of yowr cherity pray for the ſowls of Reynald Peckham the elder, Squire for the body of the moſt excellent Prince king Henry the eight, who deceſed 27 Feb. 1525. and for the ſowl of Ioice Colepeper his wife which deceſed 20. March, 1523.

  3. To pull (especially an animal) by the ears

    To pull (especially an animal) by the ears; to drag about.

    • Hee'l go he ſayes, and ſole the Porter of Rome Gates by th'ears. He will mowe all downe before him, and leaue his paſſage poul'd.
    • Like draws to like, ilk sma'-sowled cub, / To gnaw its Bane.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To soil or stain

      To soil or stain; to dirty.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA