Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Intention; intent; aim.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo propose, intend. · To direct one's course, to head. · To direct (something) to or at someone or something; to aim at. · To strive, to try.
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.
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