sull

See also: sull'

English

Etymology 1

Back-formation from sullen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʌl/
  • Rhymes: -ʌl

Verb

sull (third-person singular simple present sulls, present participle sulling, simple past and past participle sulled)

  1. (intransitive) Of an animal: to stop; to refuse to go on.
    • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses
      The mesteño had stopped and sulled in the road with its forefeet spread and he sat looking after her.

Etymology 2

From Old English sulh (plough). Compare sullow and Old High German suohili (little plough).

Alternative forms

Noun

sull (plural sulls)

  1. (Western England dialectal) A plough.
Derived terms
  • sull-paddle, sull-breaking

References

  • "sull, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • sull in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Icelandic

Etymology

Back-formation from sulla (to splash about).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʏtl/
  • Rhymes: -ʏtl

Noun

sull n (genitive singular sulls, no plural)

  1. mixture, mix
  2. watered down drink, piss, slosh
  3. splashing

Declension

Derived terms

  • samsull (hotchpotch, jumble)

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse sullr, from Proto-Germanic *swulliz, from *swellaną (to swell,) whence sväll. Cognate with Jamtish súll, syll, Norwegian svull, svoll.

Noun

sull m

  1. Tendency to swell; swelling; boil.

Alternative forms

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