Definitions For Sowl

Etymology 1

From Middle English souel, sǒuel, souvel, suvel, , food eaten with bread; food in general, from {{inh, en, ang, sufel}}, sufol, , anything (especially relish) eaten with bread; sowl,{{R:MED Online, entry=sǒuel, part of speech=n.(2), noformat=yes, id=MED41777, accessdate=29 May 2018}} from {{inh, en, gem-pro, suflą, , entremets, viands}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *seu-}}, *sew-, , juice; moisture; rain. The word is cognate with {{cog, da, sul, , sowl}}, {{cog, dum, suvel}}, zuvel (modern {{cog, nl, zuivel, , dairy products}}), {{cog, gml, suvel}}, süvel, suffel, , sowl, {{cog, goh, sufil}}, sufili, {{cog, non, sufl}}, {{cog, no, suvl}}, sovl, sul, , milk porridge; food eaten with bread, porridge or soup, {{cog, stq, süfel, , dairy products}}, {{cog, sv, sofvel}}, sovel, , sowl, {{cog, fy, suvel, , dairy products}}.

Noun

SOWL (plural SOWLs) (Britain, dialectal) A dainty; a relish#noun, relish; a sauce; anything eaten with bread.

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, seawl, sewl, sool, soul, soule, sow, sowe, sowel, sowle, sowli}}

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English soul, soule, sowel, sawel, , soul.{{R:MED Online, entry=soul(e, part of speech=n, id=MED41795, accessdate=29 May 2018}} See further at soul.

Noun

SOWL (plural SOWLs) {{archaic spelling of, en, soul}}

Etymology 3

sowling or pulling the ears of an orphaned#adjective, orphaned piglet to teach it not to jump#verb, jump on people. This sort of discipline#verb, disciplining would ordinarily have been done by the piglet’s mother.]] {{unknown, en, title=Origin unknown}}; compare {{cog, de, zaulen}}, zauseln, zausen, , to tug, drag. See also tousle.

Verb

{{en-verb}} (transitive) To pull#verb, pull (especially an animal) by the ears; to drag#verb, drag about.

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Etymology 4

From Middle English sōlen, , to become dirty or soiled; to make dirty, soil; to be defiled, polluted, from {{inh, en, ang, solian, , to make or become foul, sully}},{{R:MED Online, entry=sōlen, part of speech=v, id=MED41418, accessdate=11 October 2018}} from {{inh, en, gem-pro, *sulwōną}}, *sulwijaną; compare sullow and sully, and {{cog, da, søle, , to make dirty, defile}}, {{cog, got, 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽, , to bemire}}, {{cog, dum, soluwen}}, seulewen, , to besmirch, soil, {{cog, fro, soillier}}, souillier, soller, , to dirty, stain; to tarnish (a reputation, etc.) (modern {{cog, fr, souiller}}), {{cog, goh, solagōn}}, bisullen, , to make dirty, {{cog, de, suhlen, , to make dirty, soil}}, {{cog, osx, sulian, , to mire, soil}}, {{cog, vls, sowelen}}, suwelen.

Verb

{{en-verb}} (obsolete) To soil#verb, soil or stain#verb, stain; to dirty#verb, dirty. : {{synonyms, en, sullow, sully}}

Anagrams

Lows, OWLs, lows, owls, slow