"soule" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɔu̯l(ə)/, /ˈsɑu̯l(ə)/ (note: early or Northern) Forms: soules [plural], soulen [plural], soule [error-unknown-tag, plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|sāwol|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English sāwol, {{inh+|enm|ang|sāwol}} Inherited from Old English sāwol, {{m|ang|sāwel}} sāwel, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*saiwalu}} Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*saiwalō}} Proto-Germanic *saiwalō Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} soule, {{enm-noun|pl2=soulen|pl3=soule|pl3_qual=early}} soule (plural soules or soulen or (early) soule)
  1. A soul or spirit; an animating force:
    The human soul (seen as granting sapience and surviving after death).
    Categories (topical): Mind
    Sense id: en-soule-enm-noun-4wpsc-JC Disambiguation of Mind: 18 0 15 5 30 26 0 2 2
  2. A soul or spirit; an animating force:
    The (characteristic) soul of animals or plants.
    Sense id: en-soule-enm-noun-j5NxeSOy
  3. A soul or spirit; an animating force:
    (alchemy) A refined animating substance akin to the soul.
    Categories (topical): Alchemy, Mind
    Sense id: en-soule-enm-noun-Xx4Z-QpT Disambiguation of Mind: 18 0 15 5 30 26 0 2 2 Topics: alchemy, pseudoscience
  4. Life, energy; earthly existence. Categories (lifeform): Lifeforms
    Sense id: en-soule-enm-noun-dO1IqcL3 Disambiguation of Lifeforms: 6 9 2 66 5 2 6 2 2
  5. (biblical) A person or human being. Categories (topical): Bible, Human, Mind, Religion
    Sense id: en-soule-enm-noun-vXOBg1Bz Disambiguation of Human: 27 0 9 7 40 8 0 4 4 Disambiguation of Mind: 18 0 15 5 30 26 0 2 2 Disambiguation of Religion: 0 0 12 0 88 0 0 0 0 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
  6. The mind or heart; one's capacity for thought or emotion. Categories (topical): Emotions, Mind
    Sense id: en-soule-enm-noun-8MX~69Hi Disambiguation of Emotions: 16 5 12 5 21 31 5 3 3 Disambiguation of Mind: 18 0 15 5 30 26 0 2 2
  7. One's intent or goal; that which one wants.
    Sense id: en-soule-enm-noun-E3gvhOYt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: soule-hele
Etymology number: 1 Synonyms: saul, saule, souel, soul, soull, soulle, sowel, sowele, sowle, sowll, sowyl, sauele, sawlæ, sawle, sæule [Early-Middle-English], sauel, saull, saulle, sawel, sawele, sawell, sawil, sawle [Northern], zaule [Kent]

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} soule
  1. Alternative form of sowel (“food”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sowel (extra: food)
    Sense id: en-soule-enm-noun-ES41CE4t
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} soule
  1. Alternative form of sowel (“staff, stake”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: sowel (extra: staff, stake)
    Sense id: en-soule-enm-noun-oeaPmIkU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "soule",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "pl2": "soulen",
        "pl3": "soule",
        "pl3_qual": "early"
      },
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      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A soul or spirit; an animating force:",
        "The human soul (seen as granting sapience and surviving after death)."
      ],
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        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "animating",
          "animate"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "human",
          "human"
        ],
        [
          "sapience",
          "sapience#English"
        ],
        [
          "death",
          "death#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A soul or spirit; an animating force:",
        "The (characteristic) soul of animals or plants."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "animating",
          "animate"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "characteristic",
          "characteristic#English"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "enm:Alchemy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A soul or spirit; an animating force:",
        "A refined animating substance akin to the soul."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "animating",
          "animate"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "alchemy",
          "alchemy"
        ],
        [
          "refined",
          "refined"
        ],
        [
          "substance",
          "substance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "A soul or spirit; an animating force:",
        "(alchemy) A refined animating substance akin to the soul."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "alchemy",
        "pseudoscience"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Life, energy; earthly existence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Life",
          "life"
        ],
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "earthly",
          "earthly"
        ],
        [
          "existence",
          "existence"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "enm:Bible"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person or human being."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biblical",
          "Bible"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "human",
          "human"
        ],
        [
          "being",
          "being"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biblical) A person or human being."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biblical",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The mind or heart; one's capacity for thought or emotion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mind",
          "mind"
        ],
        [
          "heart",
          "heart"
        ],
        [
          "capacity",
          "capacity"
        ],
        [
          "thought",
          "thought"
        ],
        [
          "emotion",
          "emotion"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "One's intent or goal; that which one wants."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "intent",
          "intent"
        ],
        [
          "goal",
          "goal"
        ],
        [
          "want",
          "want"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɔu̯l(ə)/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɑu̯l(ə)/",
      "note": "early or Northern"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "saul"
    },
    {
      "word": "saule"
    },
    {
      "word": "souel"
    },
    {
      "word": "soul"
    },
    {
      "word": "soull"
    },
    {
      "word": "soulle"
    },
    {
      "word": "sowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "sowele"
    },
    {
      "word": "sowle"
    },
    {
      "word": "sowll"
    },
    {
      "word": "sowyl"
    },
    {
      "word": "sauele"
    },
    {
      "word": "sawlæ"
    },
    {
      "word": "sawle"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English"
      ],
      "word": "sæule"
    },
    {
      "word": "sauel"
    },
    {
      "word": "saull"
    },
    {
      "word": "saulle"
    },
    {
      "word": "sawel"
    },
    {
      "word": "sawele"
    },
    {
      "word": "sawell"
    },
    {
      "word": "sawil"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "sawle"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Kent"
      ],
      "word": "zaule"
    }
  ],
  "word": "soule"
}

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    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "enm:Emotions",
    "enm:Human",
    "enm:Lifeforms",
    "enm:Mind",
    "enm:Religion"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "args": {
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        "2": "noun"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "food",
          "word": "sowel"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of sowel (“food”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sowel",
          "sowel#Middle_English:_food"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "soule"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "enm:Emotions",
    "enm:Human",
    "enm:Lifeforms",
    "enm:Mind",
    "enm:Religion"
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "staff, stake",
          "word": "sowel"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of sowel (“staff, stake”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sowel",
          "sowel#Middle_English:_staff"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "soule"
}

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