soule – Middle English noun declension

Noun: soule

Sg.	soule
Pl.	soules; soulen; soule

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

¶ ffıftene pſalm᷒ ſıggeþ. on þis wyſe. ¶ Þe ffurſte fyue. foꝛ ow self⹎ and foꝛ alle. þat ow good doþ. oþer wilneþ. ¶ Þe oþer ffyue⹎ foꝛ þe pees of holy chırche. ¶ Þe þride fyue⹎ foꝛ alle crıstene ſoules (Say the fifteen Psalms in this way: the first five for yourselves and for all those who act or wish well towards you, the next five for the peace of Holy Church, and the third five for all Christian souls.) [c. 1390 [c. 1225], “Furſte dole: ſeruiſe”, in Þe roule of reclous (Ancrene Wisse, Bodleian MS. Eng. poet. a. 1), Worcestershire, folio 372, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 10 January 2019:]

Nouns inflected like soule

lende, herte, snake, soule, gate, hide, here,

Etymology

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.

Verbs referencing "soule"

English Nouns soul, Polish Nouns soul.