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sol

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
  • adjective
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Grammar
sol, es; n.: solu, we, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§344;
Mire or a miry place [Halliwell gives soul, sole=a dirty pond, as a Kentish word]
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  • Sol

    volutabrum,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 22.

  • On grǽgsole burnan; andlang burnan on grǽgsole hagan,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 336, 24.
  • Wið Heortsolwe, iii. 391, 32.
  • Of ðam wylle on ðæt heorotsol; of ðam heorotsole, ii. 249, 37.
  • In ða heortsole; of ðære sole, iii. 380, 6.

  • On ðæt sol; of ðan sole on ða ealdan strǽte,

      Cod. Dip. B. i. 518, 40.

  • Sole

    volutabro,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 17.

  • Tó sole ł fýlþe

    ad volutabrum,

      Hpt. Gl. 477, 70.

  • Seomode on sole sídfæðmed scip,

      Beo. Th. 609; B. 302.

  • Sió sugu hí wile sylian on hire sole æfter ðæm ðe hió áþwægen biþ,

      Past. 54; Swt. 419, 27.

  • Gif swín eft filþ on ðæt sol,

      Swt. 421, 3.

  • Þonon ðæt cume in ða reádan sole,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 375, 8.

  • In reádan solo,

      Txts. 431, 6.

  • Ad stagnum quendam cujus vocabulum est Ceabban solo,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 388, 2.

  • Tó Higsolon; of Higsolon,

      219, 3.

  • Swín simle willnaþ licgan on fúlum solum . . . ðeáh hí beswemde weorþon, ðonne sleáþ hé eft on ða solu and bewealwiaþ þǽron,

      Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 26-29.
Etymology
[Cf. sol; adj. filthy Wule a sol cloð et one cherre beon hwit iwaschen? A. R. 324, 1. His (the priest's) alter cloð great and sole, and hire (the priest's concubine's) chemise smal and hwit; and te albe sol, and hire smoc hwit,
    Rel. Ant. i. 129.
Solwy dirty,
    Wrt. Voc. i. 171, 41.
O. H. Ger. sol volutabrum.]
Similar entries
v. Sol-mónaþ, solian, sylu, sylian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sol.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/28292.

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  • sol, n.; adj.

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