Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAlternative spelling of sole.
From Middle English sol, sule, from Old English sol (“mud, wet sand, wallowing-place, slough, a mire or miry place”), from Proto-Germanic *sulą (“mire, mud”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid, muck”). Compare sully. More at soil.
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