sull
English
Etymology 1
Back-formation from sullen.
Pronunciation
Verb
sull (third-person singular simple present sulls, present participle sulling, simple past and past participle sulled)
- (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
- (Exmoor): zowl
Noun
sull (plural sulls)
Derived terms
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
Back-formation from sulla (“to splash about”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sull n (genitive singular sulls, no plural)
Declension
Derived terms
- samsull (“hotchpotch, jumble”)
Westrobothnian
Etymology
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Noun
Alternative forms
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