solka

== Swedish == === Alternative forms === sålka, sölka === Etymology === From Old Norse *sulka, *sylka, from Proto-Germanic *sulukōną, *sulikōną. Cognate with dialectal Danish sulke, solke, sylke, sølke (“to sully”), Norwegian Nynorsk sulka (“to sully”), German sulchen, sülchen (“to sully, wallow around in mud or filth”). === Verb === solka (present solkar, preterite solkade, supine solkat, imperative solka) (often with ner (“down”)) to soil, to stain (soil with diffuse stains) (often with ner (“down”), figuratively) to tarnish, to soil (a reputation or the like) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== solk solkig ==== See also ==== söla === References === “solka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “solka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “solka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)