sullow

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsʌləʊ/ Rhymes: -ʌləʊ Hyphenation: sul‧low === Etymology 1 === From Middle English sulwen, solwen, solewen, variant of Middle English sulien (“to sully”), or representing an unrecorded Old English *solgian (“to soil, sully”), related to Old High German solagōn (“to soil, sully, make dirty”). More at sully. ==== Verb ==== sullow (third-person singular simple present sullows, present participle sullowing, simple past and past participle sullowed) (transitive) To sully. Synonyms: befoul, defile, sowl; see also Thesaurus:dirty === Etymology 2 === From Middle English solow, from Old English sulh, from Proto-Germanic *sulhs, from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (“to pull”) (compare Latin sulcus (“furrow”), Tocharian B sälk (“to pull out”), Ancient Greek ἕλκω (hélkō, “to drag”), ὁλκός (holkós, “draft”), Albanian hulli (“furrow”), heq (“take away, drag”) dialectal helk, Old Armenian հեղգ (hełg, “slow-going, lagging”)). ==== Alternative forms ==== sull, sowl, zool ==== Noun ==== sullow (plural sullows) (dialectal or rare) A plough.