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单词 ettling
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ettlingn.

Brit. /ˈɛt(ə)lɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɛdəlɪŋ/, /ˈɛtlɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈɛt(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: Middle English (in a late copy) atling, Middle English atlinge, Middle English atlunge, Middle English atlyng, Middle English eatlunge, Middle English etlunge, Middle English etlyng, Middle English hatling; Scottish pre-1700 etline, pre-1700 etling, pre-1700 etlyng, pre-1700 ettilling, pre-1700 1700s– ettling, 1800s attlan.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ettle v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < ettle v. + -ing suffix1.
Now rare.
1. Conjecture; estimation. Also in without any ettling: beyond estimate. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > [noun]
ettlingc1225
guessc1330
guessing1340
conjecting1382
cast1519
surmising1526
conjecturation1533
conjecture1535
foreguessing1548
speculation1575
estimation1598
conjecturing1643
guesswork1725
guesstimation1937
c1225 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Bodl.) (1938) 36 (MED) Mare he gleadeð of godd wiðuten ei etlunge þen of his ahne gleadunge.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12857 Bi atlinge [c1300 Otho hatling] heom þuhte þritti uoðere.
2. An intention, a purpose; an ambition; (also) effort, endeavour. Chiefly (and now only) Scottish.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose
willeOE
highOE
thoughtOE
intent?c1225
achesounc1230
attenta1250
couragec1320
devicec1320
minda1325
studya1382
understanding1382
suggestionc1390
meaninga1393
i-minda1400
minta1400
tent1399
castc1400
ettlingc1400
affecta1425
advicec1425
intention1430
purposec1430
proposea1450
intendment1450
supposing?c1450
pretensionc1456
intellectionc1460
zeal1492
hest?a1513
minting?a1513
institute?1520
intendingc1525
mindfulness1530
cogitationa1538
fordrift1549
forecast1549
designing1566
tention1587
levela1591
intendiment1595
design1597
suppose1597
aim1598
regarda1616
idea1617
contemplationa1631
speculation1631
view1634
way of thinking1650
designation1658
tend1663
would1753
predetermination1764
will to art1920
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 688 And alle myn atlyng to Abraham unhaspe bilyve.
c1480 (a1400) St. Mary Magdalen 564 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 272 Sowne þai arywinge mad In þe porte, quhare þai etline had.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 587 Off hys etlyng rycht swa It fell As I sall eftirwartis tell.
1577 in C. Innes Registrum Honoris de Morton (1853) I. 89 We may haif sum certane intelligence of thair ettilling and proceidings.
1594 in T. Thomson Acts & Proc. Kirk of Scotl. (1845) III. 821 Sindrie of his Majesties good ettlings were laid down.
a1634 A. Gardyne Theatre Scotish Worthies (1878) 75 And what thy aimes & etlings be the end, Who knows not now, wherto they then did tend.
1781 J. Pinkerton Sc. Tragic Ballads xii. 70 Frae his fair lady's sicht he strave His ettling sae to hide.
1822 J. Galt Steam-boat vi. 125 But there was an ettling beyond discretion perhaps in this.
1849 Gift of Friendship for 1850 171 To be candid with you Sir Richard, I have an ettlin in this bit supper that you'll maybe no guess at.
1887 J. Service Life Dr. Duguid xiii. 83 My grandfather, with a worl' of ettling and pains, had toiled late and air at his lume.
1947 N. Mitchison Bull Calves i. vi. 110 An unsanctified ettling and lust for the flesh-pots of Egypt or Strathearn.
1983 W. L. Lorimer & R. L. C. Lorimer New Test. in Scots Rom. xv. 279 An ettlin tae mak o the haithen an offerin acceptable tae God.
3. Preparation. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun]
yarkingc1000
forgraithinga1300
apparellingc1315
ordinancec1330
purveyancec1330
graithinga1340
purveying1340
providencea1382
making readyc1384
preparationa1393
paring1393
provisiona1398
parelc1425
apparelc1430
parelling?a1440
ablingc1450
munition1480
preparing1497
arraya1500
readyinga1500
repurveancea1500
ordaining1509
apparation1533
preparementa1538
apprest1539
preparaturea1540
preparance1543
order1545
apparance1546
prepare1548
fore-preparationa1586
ettlingc1600
apparelment1607
parationa1617
comparation1623
address1633
apparatus1638
prep1920
c1600 (c1350) Alisaunder (Greaves) (1929) l. 268 Redy too fight, With atling of aireblast and archeres ryfe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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