An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 845

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 845


_To_ SULE, _v. a._ To soil.


V. ~Suddill~.


SULE, _s._ A ring with a _swivel_, S. B.


Isl. _sweif_, volva, Su. G. _soelia_, a ring into which a thong is put.


SULE, _s._ Perhaps for _scule_, school.


_Kennedy._


SULFITCH, _adj._ Suffocating, applied to smell, Ang.


Isl. _swael-a_, fumigare, suffocare.


SULYE, SOILYIE, _s._ Soil, ground, country; O. Fr. _soille_.


_Douglas._


SULYEART, _adj._ Clear, bright.


_Doug._


Fr. _soilier_, splendens, rutilus.


SUM, a termination of adjectives.


1. Denoting conjunction; as, _threesum_, three together, S.


_Compl. S._


Su. G. _sam_, plurium unitas.


2. Signifying similitude; as, _lufsum_, amiable, S.


A. S. _sum_, id., _sibsum_, pacificus, paci similis.


3. In some degree, S.


A. S. _sum_, Su. G. _sam_, id., _lang-sum_, diuturnus aliquantum.


SUM, _adj._ Some; used distributively, A. S. id.


_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._


SUMDELL, SUMDELE, _adv._


1. Somewhat, in some degree.


_Barbour._


2. Respecting quant.i.ty or number.


_Barbour._


A. S. _sum daele_, aliqua parte, partim.


SUMER, _s._ A sumpter-horse.


_Barbour._


O. Fland. Fr. _sommier_, id.


SUMMER-BLINK, _s._


1. A transient gleam of sunshine, S.


2. Used metaph. in relation to religious feelings.


V. ~Blenk~.


_Rutherford._


SUMMER-COUTS, SIMMER-COUTS, _s. pl._ The exhalations, seen to ascend from the ground in a warm day, S. B.


_Ross._


Perhaps q. _summer-colts_, in allusion to the frisking of young horses.


SUMMER-SOB, _s._ A summer storm, Ang.


_Ross._


Teut. _soeff-en_, flare; Gael. _siob-am_, id.; _siob-an_, drift, blast.







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