n. (vbl. n.)
'intention'
(Modern English ettling)Verbal noun formed in English on attle.
PGmc Ancestor
*ahtilō(j)an-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
ætla 'to think, intend'
(ONP ætla (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Far ætla, Icel ætla, Norw etla, atla, Sw dial ättla, ässla
OE Cognate
cp. eahtian (v.) 'to estimate', 'consult about', 'consider'
Phonological and morphological markers
ON loss of */x/ medially
Summary category
A1*c
Only cited from a handful of texts by MED, first from the Katherine Group, and then DT, c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced. (Grv 60) and LB.Cal.; attested in Sc. dial of MnE.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Cl 688