ettle

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

ettles

V_ing/Gerund

ettling

V_ed/pp

ettled

1.
(Ireland, Northern England, Scotland, transitive)(transitive, now Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) To propose, intend.
2.
(Ireland, Northern England, Scotland, archaic, intransitive)(intransitive, now Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) To direct one's course, to head.
3.
(Ireland, Northern England, Scotland, intransitive)(intransitive, now Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) To direct (something) to or at someone or something; to aim at.
4.
(Ireland, Northern England, Scotland, intransitive)(intransitive, now Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) To strive, to try.
5.
(obsolete)To earn.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

ettles

1.
(Scotland, dialectal)(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Intention; intent; aim.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

mint

Cùng gốc / liên quan

ettlingettlings

Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.

Nguồn gốc từ

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.