fettle

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• /ˈfɛtl̩/
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From Late Middle English fetlen (“(verb) to bestow; to fix, prepare, put in place; to prepare (oneself) for battle, gird up; to shape; to be about to, or to ready (oneself) to stay; (adjective) shaped (well or poorly)”) [and other forms], which possibly: * from Old English fetel (“belt, girdle, fettle”), from Proto-Germanic *fatilaz, further etymology unknown; or * from Old English fetian (“to fetch”), from Proto-Germanic *fatōną, *fatjaną (“to fetch”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“foot”). Compare Old English ġefetelsod (“provided with a belt; trimmed, polished, ornamented”).

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: форма (forma) — state of physical condition — see also kilter, trim
• Czech: stav — state of physical condition — see also kilter, trim
• Czech: forma — state of physical condition — see also kilter, trim
• Finnish: kunto — state of physical condition — see also kilter, trim
• Finnish: veto — state of physical condition — see also kilter, trim
• German: Zustand — state of physical condition — see also kilter, trim
• German: Form — state of physical condition — see also kilter, trim
• German: Einklang — state of physical condition — see also kilter, trim
• Bulgarian: състояние (sǎstojanie) — one’s mental state — see also spirits
• Finnish: kunto — one’s mental state — see also spirits
• German: Zustand — one’s mental state — see also spirits
• German: Geisteszustand — one’s mental state — see also spirits
• German: Verfassung — one’s mental state — see also spirits
• German: Formsand — sand to line a furnace
• German: Zustand — person’s mood or state, often assuming the worst
• German: Grat — seam line left by the meeting of mold pieces
• German: richten — to sort out, fix, mend or repair
• German: reparieren — to sort out, fix, mend or repair
• German: flicken — to sort out, fix, mend or repair
• German: ordnen — to make preparations, put things in order or do trifling business
• German: vorbereiten — to make preparations, put things in order or do trifling business
• German: arrangieren — to make preparations, put things in order or do trifling business
• German: prötteln — to make preparations, put things in order or do trifling business
• German: auskleiden — to line the hearth of a furnace with sand
• German: ausfüllen — to line the hearth of a furnace with sand
• German: beschroten — to remove seam lines left by the meeting of two molds
• German: beschneiden — to remove seam lines left by the meeting of two molds
• German: putzen — to remove seam lines left by the meeting of two molds