oxter
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Verb — To put your arm around someone, either to hug them or to help them walk.
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Etymology
Apparently traced to Middle English *oxtere, *oxte, which came from Old English ōxta, ōhsta. This is related to Old English ōxn (“armpit”), Old English eax (“axis, axle”), and eaxl (“shoulder”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“joint of the shoulder”), and ultimately from Proto...
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