UrsprungFrom Old Norse *sulka, *sylka, from Proto-Germanic *sulukōną, *sulikōną. Cognate with dialectal Danish sulke, solke, sylke, sølke (“to sully”), Norwegian Nynorsk sulka (“to sully”), German sulchen, sülchen (“to sully, wallow around in mud or filth”).
- oftento soil, to stain (soil with diffuse stains)
- figuratively, oftento tarnish, to soil (a reputation or the like)
Formersolkar(present) · solkade(preterite) · solkat(supine) · solka(imperative) · solka(active, infinitive) · solkas(infinitive, passive) · solkat(active, supine) · solkats(passive, supine) · solka(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · solken(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · solkar(active, indicative, present) · solkade(active, indicative, past) · solkas(indicative, passive, present) · solkades(indicative, passive, past) · solka(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · solkade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · solkas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · solkades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)