Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To aim; propose; intend; attempt; try.
- To expect; reckon: as, I'm ettling he'll be here the morn.
- To take aim.
- To make attempt.
- To direct one's course.
- To aspire; be ambitious.
- n. Intention; intent; aim.
- n. A variant of addle.
- n. A nettle.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive, dialectal To aim; purpose; intend; attempt; try.
- v. transitive, dialectal To expect; reckon; count on.
- v. intransitive, dialectal To take aim.
- v. intransitive, dialectal To make attempt.
- v. intransitive, dialectal To direct one's course.
- v. intransitive, dialectal To aspire; be ambitious.
- n. dialectal Intention; intent; aim.
- v. obsolete To earn.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To earn. [Obs.] See addle, to earn.
Etymologies
- From Middle English etlien, atlien, from Old Norse ǣtla ("to think, mean, suppose, intend, purpose"), from Proto-Germanic *ahtalōnan (“to strive, think”), from Proto-Indo-European *ok- (“to think, intend, purpose”); partly from Middle English aghtelen, ahtlien ("to think, esteem, purpose, set out, arrange"), from a frequentative variant of Old English eahtian ("to estimate, esteem, fix the character or quality of something, consult about, consider, deliberate, mediate, devise, watch over, speak of with praise"), from West Germanic *ahtōna (“to think, believe, fear”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwjanan (“to believe, intend, think, fear”), from Proto-Indo-European *okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“to see”). Cognate with Dutch achten ("to deem, regard, esteem, think"), German achten ("to heed, respect, value"), Danish agte ("to esteem, intend, observe, heed"), Gothic 𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ahjan, "to think"). More at eye. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“They that ettle to the top of the ladder will at least get up some rounds.”
“Dinna ettle at a penny more; he micht gang back upo' 't.”
“Shame fa' him, say I,'at made his siller as a flesher i' the wast wyn' o' Howglen, to ettle at a gentleman o' a thoosan' year for ane o' his queans!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ettle’.
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Anglish
Words that can replace Latinates.
frosent, gainsay, fremd, inrush, frain, huru, wordbook, wordstock, byspel, elfshine, infaru, glam and 98 more...
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Anglo-Saxon/Old English
Anglo-Saxon rootwords
mote, huru, byspel, elfshine, infaru, snotor, dern, upspring, meed, lof, queem, hof and 83 more...
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Under The Kilt
Anything related to Scottish culture, cuisine, language, history and so on. Does not include Gaelic words unless acceptable (roughly speaking!) in a wider sense.
brae, machair, loch, burn, inverness, shieling, camanachd, shinty, diddy, bhoy, ghillie, brownie and 393 more...
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October List
sposh, jowlop, slampamp, spot rump, finikin, livedo, nidget, mulmul, mugient, olm, pawl, dapifer and 76 more...
Tweets
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AnWulf From Old Norse ǣtla (to think, mean, suppose, intend, purpose) and from Old English eahtan (pursue, estimate, appreciate) and eahtian (æ, e) (to estimate, esteem, consult about, consider, deliberate: watch over, speak of with praise). Ger. achten
eahtung f. estimation, valuation, deliberation, counsel. Nov 3, 2011
bilby Scots - to attempt to do something. Dec 26, 2007