noun
Meaning 1
Intention; intent; aim.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, dialectal
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Standard Lemma guide
ettle
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/ˈɛtl/
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rhymes with -ɛtl
verb
Meaning 2
To propose, intend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, transitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To direct one's course, to head.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, archaic, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To direct (something) to or at someone or something; to aim at.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To strive, to try.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To earn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
Etymology
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.
A variation of addle (“to earn”).