ettled

Verb (1)

ettle (third-person singular simple present ettles, present participle ettling, simple past and past participle ettled)

1. (Ireland, Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To propose, intend.
2. (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
3. (Ireland, Northern England, Scotland, intransitive) To direct (something) to or at someone or something; to aim at.
4. (Ireland, Northern England, Scotland, intransitive) To strive, to try.

Verb (2)

ettle (third-person singular simple present ettles, present participle ettling, simple past and past participle ettled)

1. (obsolete) To earn.

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