wraxle

English

Etymology

From Middle English wraxlen (“to engage in grappling combat or sport, wrestle; (figurative) to contend with, grapple, struggle”),[1] from Old English wrāxlian (“to contend, wrestle”).[2][3][4] Probably related to wrestle.

Pronunciation

Verb

wraxle (third-person singular simple present wraxles, present participle wraxling, simple past and past participle wraxled) (intransitive, obsolete except southwest England)

  1. To wrestle.
  2. (figurative) To contend, to strive.

References

  1. ^ “wraxlen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ Joseph Bosworth (1882) “wraxlian”, in T[homas] Northcote Toller, editor, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1272, column 1.
  3. ^ “wraxle, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2025.
  4. ^ “wraxle, v.”, in Collins English Dictionary.
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