eldertongue

Old English · noun

solu

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈso.lu/
Syllables
ˈso · lu (2 syllables)
Modern English
miresoalmirysole

Meaning

  1. mire

  2. a miry place

Declension

Declension of solu
SingularPlural
Nominative solusolwasolwe
Accusative solwesolwasolwe
Genitive solwesolwa
Dative solwesolwum

All forms (4)

Etymology

Uncertain. No corresponding cognates (i.e. feminine o-stem nouns) in the other Germanic languages. Likely a back-formation from solu (“swamp, bog”, literally “miry places, muds”), the nominative/accusative plural of sol (“soil, mud, miry place”), taken collectively.

Descendants

soal, sole

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