sowel

Inherited from Old English sufel, sufol, from Proto-West Germanic *sufl, from Proto-Germanic *suflą. For the loss of /v/ between /u/ and /l/, compare coule and forms of schovel.

• soouwil, soowel, soowil, souel, souvil, souwil, sovel, sowvel, sowil, suwle
• (late) soule, sowayle, sowll, sowlle, sowylle
• (early) suvel

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuː(ə)l/, /ˈsoː(ə)l/, /ˈsuv(ə)l/

sowel (uncountable)

1. Food, especially that served with bread as a side or condiment; sowl.

• English: sowl (dialectal)

• “sǒuel, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Inherited from Old English sāgol, sāgel, from Proto-West Germanic *saigul.

• saule, soule, sowil
• (early) saȝel

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔu̯(ə)l/, /ˈsɔː(ə)l/

sowel (plural soweles)

1. A staff or club; a sturdy stick used as a weapon.
2. A stake with a sharp end (used for fence-building)

• English: sole (dialectal)

• “souel, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

sowel

1. Alternative form of soule

From English soul. Doublet of saul.

sowel (plural sowels)

1. soul