soule
See also: Soule, soulé, soulè, soûle, and soûlé
English
Noun
soule (plural soules)
- Obsolete spelling of soul
Anagrams
- Eolus, Seoul, eusol, loues, louse, oules, ousel
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ul
Verb
soule
- inflection of souler:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- loues, loués
- Séoul
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English sāwol, sāwel, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms.
Alternative forms
- saul, saule, souel, soul, soull, soulle, sowel, sowele, sowle, sowll, sowyl
- sauele, sawlæ, sawle, sæule (early)
- sauel, saull, saulle, sawel, sawele, sawell, sawil, sawle (Northern)
- zaule (Kent)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔu̯l(ə)/
- (early or Northern) IPA(key): /ˈsɑu̯l(ə)/
Noun
soule (plural soules or soulen or (early) soule)
- A soul or spirit; an animating force:
- The human soul (seen as granting sapience and surviving after death).
- The (characteristic) soul of animals or plants.
- (alchemy) A refined animating substance akin to the soul.
- Life, energy; earthly existence.
- (biblical) A person or human being.
- The mind or heart; one's capacity for thought or emotion.
- One's intent or goal; that which one wants.
Usage notes
- Often found in contrast or combination with body or flesch.
Derived terms
- soule-hele
Descendants
- English: soul (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: saul
References
- “soul(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Noun
soule
- Alternative form of sowel (“food”)
References
- “sǒuel, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Noun
soule
- Alternative form of sowel (“staff, stake”)
References
- “souel, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.