See also: sull'

English

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Etymology 1

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Back-formation from sullen.

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Verb

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sull (third-person singular simple present sulls, present participle sulling, simple past and past participle sulled)

  1. (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

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From Old English sulh (plough). Compare sullow and Old High German suohili (little plough).

Noun

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sull (plural sulls)

  1. (Western England dialect) A plough.
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Icelandic

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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sull n (genitive singular sulls, no plural)

  1. mixture, mix
  2. watered down drink, piss, slosh
  3. splashing

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