sullow

Meanings

Verb

• To sully.

Noun

• A plough.

Origin

• 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.
• Middle English suluh, from Old English sulh, from Proto-Germanic *sulhs, from Proto-Indo-European *selk- (compare Latin sulcus, Tocharian B sälk, Ancient Greek ἕλκω, ὁλκός, Albanian hulli, heq dialectal helk, Old Armenian հեղգ ("slow-going, lagging")).