† wentlev.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To roll or tumble about. (Used only by Caxton.)
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > roll or tumble about
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1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 19 Whan he was so wery, he wentled and tombled nyghe half a myle... And whan he was seen so comyng fro ferre, Some doubted what it myght be that cam so wentelyng.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxii. 475 Al nyghte he coude not fall a slepe, but wentled in his bed without ony rest.
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