sull

See also: sull'

English

Etymology 1

Back-formation from sullen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʌl/

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• 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”).

Noun

sull (plural sulls)

1. (Western England dialect) 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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sull, soll (“swill”), perhaps derived from the verb sulla (“to swill”), or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *swulą (“swill”); both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to wash, wash down, gulp, swallow”). Partially cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk sul (“sop”), Danish sul (“sop”). Compare also Old Norse svall (“a drunken bout, swill”), Old Norse sollr ("swill, slop for pigs" > Norwegian Nynorsk soll (“milk toast”)), English swill.

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

Derived terms

• samsull (“hotchpotch, jumble”)

Related terms

• sulla