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Webster 1913 Edition

Ettle

Et′tle

,
Verb.
T.
[Perh. the same word as
addle
to earn; bur cf. OE.
atlien
,
etlien
, to intend, prepare, Icel.
ætla
to think, suppose, mean.]
To earn.
[Obs.]
See
Addle
, to earn.
Boucher.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ettle

ET'TLE

,
Verb.
T.
To earn. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

ettle

ettle

English

Verb

ettle ‎(third-person singular simple present ettles, present participle ettling, simple past and past participle ettled)

  1. (transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To aim; purpose; intend; attempt; try.
  2. (transitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To expect; reckon; count on.
  3. (intransitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To take aim.
  4. (intransitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To make attempt.
  5. (intransitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To direct one's course.
  6. (intransitive, dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To aspire; be ambitious.
Derived terms

Noun

ettle ‎(plural ettles)

  1. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Intention; intent; aim.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

A variation of addle ‎(“to earn”).

Verb

ettle ‎(third-person singular simple present ettles, present participle ettling, simple past and past participle ettled)

  1. (obsolete) To earn.
Related terms

Scots

Etymology

From Old Norse ætla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛtl/

Verb

ettle ‎(third-person singular present ettles, present participle ettlin, past ettle't, past participle ettle't)

  1. to intend, mean
  2. to try, attempt

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”); 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 Proto-Germanic *ahtōną ‎(“to think, believe, fear”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwjaną ‎(“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.

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