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ettle

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Verb — (dialect) To intend or plan to do something.

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Etymology

Came into English from Middle English etlien or 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”). It's cognate with regional Swedish ättla (“to count, reckon”), and some Middle Englis...

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