Sotylte, sb. skill, Prompt.; sotilte, C3.—­AF. sotiltee; Lat. subtilitatem.

Souchen, v. to suspect, SD, HD; souches, pr. s., S2.—­OF. suscher; Late Lat. *_suspicare_, for Lat. suspicari, see Diez, p. 681, and BH, ASec. 152.

Souden, v. to pay, PP.  See Sowde.

Soudly, adj. dirty, S3.—­Cp.  Northern E. suddill, to dirty (JD), also G. sudeln, to do dirty work.

Souerty, sb. surety, S3; see Surety.

Soufre, sb. sulphur, S2; soulfre, CM.—­OF. soufre, soulfre (Cotg.); Late Lat. sulfurem.

Souken, v. to suck, C2, S2, W2; sowken, S3. Comb.:  soukynge-fere, foster-brother, W.—­AS. sAcan, pt. sA(C)ac, pp. socen.

Soule, sb. soul, PP, S, S2; sowle, S, C; saule, S, S2, H; sawle, S; saull, S3; soulen, pl., S, S2; saulen, S; sawless, S; sowle, S; zaulen, S2. Comb.:  soule hele, soul’s salvation, PP; sawel hel, S2.—­AS. sAiwol, sAiwle:  Goth, saiwala.

Soun, sb. sound, S2, S3, C2, W2, H:  sown, H, W, W2; sowne, S2; son, S2; sownde, Prompt.—­AF. soun, OF. son; Lat. sonum.

Sound, sb. a swoon, S3; see Swowne.

Sounen, v. to sound, C2, PP; sownen, C2, S2, W2, PP; sowndyn, Prompt.; sunen, S.—­AF. suner, soner; Lat. sonare.

Sounyng, sb. sounding, S2.

Soupen, v. to sup, drink gradually, to eat supper, P, W, C2; sowpen, S3.—­OF. souper.  Of Teutonic origin.  Cp. Sup.

Souper, sb. supper, C; soper, C, C2, G.—­OF. souper, AF. soper.

Souple, adj. supple, pliant, C, C2.—­OF. souple, beaten, defeated (Bartsch); Lat. supplicem, submissive.

Soure, adj. sour, acid, PP; sur, S; soure, adv. sourly, C2, P. Comb.:  sourdou3*, leaven, W; sourdow, W; sourdow3*, W.—­AS. sAr; cp.  Icel. sArr and sArdegi (Matt. 13. 33).

Souren, v. to sour; sowrid, pp., made sour, W.

Sours, sb. source, origin, C2; soaring, CM.—­OF. sourse, a spring of water; Late Lat. sursa, a late pp. f. form from Lat. surgere (OF. sordre, pp. sors, sours).

Souse, v. to strike, dash, RD, SkD; souce, Spenser 1.  See below.

Souse, sb. the downward plunge of a bird of prey, RD. (Originally the same as Sours, used of a hawk’s flight.—­W.  W. S.)