Standard Lemma guide
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noun
A fold or a convolution; something bent or twisted; a twist or a bend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
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verb
To bend or twist; wriggle back and forth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
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verb
To be unsteady on one's feet; to walk with an unsteady gait; wobble; meander.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
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History
From a merger of wangle, and dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk vingla (“to flutter, stumble about, go hither and thither, go astray, dangle”), related to Norwegian Bokmål vingle (“to wobble”), Swedish vingla (“to wobble”).
