warsle

war·sle

[wahr-suhl] verb (used without object), verb (used with object), war·sled, war·sling, noun Chiefly Scot.
Also, war·stle.


Origin:
1300–50; Middle English; Old English *wǣrstlian, metathetic variant (compare wǣrstlīc of wrestling) of wrǣstlian to wrestle

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