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Added 10 October 2026

ettle

/ˈɛtl/ verb

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To propose, intend. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
To direct one's course, to head.
To direct (something) to or at someone or something; to aim at.

noun

Intention; intent; aim.

verb

To earn.

Origin

From Middle English etlien, atlien, from Old Norse ætla (“to think, mean, suppose, intend, purpose”), from Proto-Germanic *ahtalōną (“to strive, think”), from Proto-Indo-European *ok- (“to think, intend, purpose”). Cognate with regional Swedish ättla (“to count, reckon”). Some Middle English forms perhaps remodelled after Old English eaht.

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