Sowl

From Middle English sovel, suvel, saulee, from Old English sufl, sufel, sufol ("anything eaten with bread, sowl, relish eaten with bread"), from Proto-Germanic *suflą ("entremets, viands"), from Proto-Indo-European *seu-, *sew- ("juice, moisture, rain"). Cognate with Eastern Frisian süfel ("dairy products"), Dutch zuivel ("dairy products"), Middle Low German suvel, süvel, suffel ("sowl"), Danish sul ("sowl"), Swedish sovel ("sowl").

Alternative forms

• sowle, sowli, seawl, sewl, sool, soul, soule

Full definition of sowl

Noun

1. (UK dialectal) A relish; sauce; dainty; anything eaten with bread.
2. (UK dialectal) Tasty, seasoned food.
3. (UK dialectal) Pottage; moist, liquid food.
4. (UK dialectal) Any liquid that is drunk.

From Middle English sowle, sawle ("soul"). More at soul.

Noun

1. Archaic spelling of soul

Compare German zaulen, zauseln, zausen ("to tug, drag"). More at tousle.

Verb

1. To pull by the ears; to drag about.

Anagrams

• lows
• owls
• slow