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Definition of ettle in English: ettleverb ˈɛt(ə)l [with object]Northern Irish, Scottish Intend or plan for (something) to occur or be the case. with infinitive that clever wee lassie you're ettling to marry Example sentencesExamples - I saw he ettled to be rid of her before communicating something to me.
- He's going abroad, he tells me, and ettles to set down about Dunkirk in France.
- You're not ettling to kiss him, are you?
- She's been ettling after a shift for a while.
- I always ettled to repent.
Origin Middle English: from Old Norse aetla 'to think, conjecture, intend'. |