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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”).
Noun
sull (plural sulls)
- (Western England dialect) A plough.
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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse sull, soll (“swill”), perhaps derived from the verb sulla (“to swill”), or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *swulą (“swill”); both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to wash, wash down, gulp, swallow”). Partially cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk sul (“sop”), Danish sul (“sop”). Compare also Old Norse svall (“a drunken bout, swill”), Old Norse sollr ("swill, slop for pigs" > Norwegian Nynorsk soll (“milk toast”)), English swill.
Pronunciation
Noun
sull n (genitive singular sulls, no plural)
- mixture, mix
- watered down drink, piss, slosh
- splashing
Declension
Declension of sull (sg-only neuter)
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