sowle

plural sowles

1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of soul.

   The archbishop made the "proclamacion on the iiij quarters of the scaffolde, seyend in this wyse: Sirs, heere comyth Henry, kyng Henryes sone the Vth, on whose sowle God have mercy, Amen.

   1823, Giles Gossip, Coronation Anecdotes

   1 more example

   Beleeve mee nowe, I do not blame my frende To fishe in trobled streames for such a pearle, Or digge in black mowled for so ritch a myne; But to redeeme a chast and inocent sowle Forthe from the fierye jawes of lust and hell, Exprest a most comended charitye.

   1882-89, A Collection Of Old English Plays, Vol. IV.

plural Sowles

1. A surname.