ettle

Meanings

1. To propose, intend.
2. To direct one's course, to head.
3. To direct (something) to or at someone or something; to aim at.
4. To strive, to try.

1. Intention; intent; aim.

1. To earn.

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.