sowl

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

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

Verb

To soil or stain; to dirty.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/saʊl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sowel

Inherited from Old English: sufel

Cognate with Danish: sul

Cognate with Middle Dutch: suvel

Cognate with Dutch: zuivel

Cognate with Middle Low German: suvel

Cognate with Old High German: sufil

Cognate with Old Norse: sufl

Cognate with Norwegian: suvl

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: süfel

Cognate with Swedish: sovel

Cognate with Western Frisian: suvel

Inherited from Middle English: soul

Cognate with German: zaulen

In summary

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”).