- ásolcen
- adj sluggish, idle, indifferent, dissolute [past part of áseolcan]
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
ásolcen
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áseolcan — sv/i3 3rd pres ásielcð past ásealc/ásulcon ptp ásolcen to become slack, remiss, relaxed, weak … Old to modern English dictionary
sulk — [18] Sulk was a back formation from sulky [18], which in turn was derived from the now obsolete sulke ‘sluggish’ [17]. It has been plausibly suggested that this may have been descended from Old English āsolcen ‘sluggish, inactive’, an adjectival… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
sulky — {{11}}sulky (adj.) sullen, 1744, probably from O.E. asolcen idle, lazy, slow, from pp. of aseolcan become sluggish, be weak or idle (related to besylcan be languid ), from P.Gmc. *seklanan (Cf. M.H.G. selken to drop, fall ). {{12}}sulky (n.)… … Etymology dictionary
sulk — [18] Sulk was a back formation from sulky [18], which in turn was derived from the now obsolete sulke ‘sluggish’ [17]. It has been plausibly suggested that this may have been descended from Old English āsolcen ‘sluggish, inactive’, an adjectival… … Word origins
sulk|y — sulk|y1 «SUHL kee», adjective, sulk|i|er, sulk|i|est. 1. silent because of bad humor; sullen: »She gets sulky and won t play if she can t be leader. SYNONYM( … Useful english dictionary
