soule
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
soule (plural soules)
- Obsolete spelling of soul..
- 1638, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Cure of Deſpaire by Phyſick, good counſell, comforts, &c.”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy. […], 5th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed [by Robert Young, Miles Flesher, and Leonard Lichfield and William Turner] for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 3, section 4, member 3, subsection 6, page 707:
- His mercy is a panacea, a balſome for an afflicted ſoule, a Soveraigne medicine, an alexipharmacum for all ſinne, a charme for the Divell, his mercy was great to Solomon, to Manaſſes, to Peter, great to all offenders, and whoſoever thou art, it may be ſo to thee.
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
soule
- inflection of souler:
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Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Old English sāwol, sāwel, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms.
Alternative forms[edit]
- saul, saule, souel, soul, soull, soulle, sowel, sowele, sowle, sowll, sowyl
- sauele, sawlæ, sawle, sæule (Early Middle English)
- sauel, saull, saulle, sawel, sawele, sawell, sawil, sawle (Northern)
- zaule (Kent)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
soule (plural soules or soulen or (early) soule)
- A soul or spirit; an animating force:
- Life, energy; earthly existence.
- (biblical) A person or human being.
- The mind or heart; one's capacity for thought or emotion.
- One's intent or goal; that which one wants.
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “soul(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
soule
- Alternative form of sowel (“food”)
References[edit]
- “sǒuel, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
soule
- Alternative form of sowel (“staff, stake”)
References[edit]
- “souel, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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