sawol

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Old English

Alternative forms

sāwel, sāwal, sāul, sawl, sōwhul, sawul

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː.wol/

Noun

sāwol f

soul
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Navitiy of Our Lord Jesus Christ"
  Seo sawul is gesceadwis gast, æfre cucu, and mæg underfon ge godne wyllan and yfelne æfter agennum cyre.
  The soul is a rational spirit, which liveth for ever, and is capable of following either a good or an evil desire according to its own choice.

Declension

Declension of sawol (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sāwol	sāwla, sāwle
accusative	sāwle	sāwla, sāwle
genitive	sāwle	sāwla
dative	sāwle	sāwlum

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: soule, saul, saule, souel, soul, soull, soulle, sowel, sowele, sowle, sowll, sowyl; sauele, sawlæ, sawle, sæule; sauel, saull, saulle, sawel, sawele, sawell, sawil, sawle; zaule
- English: soul (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: saul
→ Old Norse: sála, sál
- Icelandic: sál
- Faroese: sál
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sål
- Old Gutnish: selu

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