Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
ettle en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
/ˈɛtl/
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”). Cognate with regional Swedish ättla (“to count, reckon”). Some Middle English forms perhaps remodelled after Old English eaht.
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”). Cognate with regional Swedish ättla (“to count, reckon”). Some Middle English forms perhaps remodelled after Old English eaht.
Meanings
(Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, transitive) To propose, intend.
(Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, archaic, intransitive) To direct one's course, to head.
The Siloam nosed and ettled into the grey sprawl of waves and sent up arcs of swift stinging spray. 1972, George Mackay Brown, Greenvoe, Polygon, published 2019, page 39:
(Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive) To direct (something) to or at someone or something; to aim at.
(Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive) To strive, to try.