wintle

[prettygoodword]

Back to Words My True Love Gave Me, I pull from the little red bag:


wintle - v., to stagger, reel; to wriggle.


Scottish usage, mainly. Also as a noun, a staggering, rolling motion. From the 18th century, possibly from Dutch windtelen, to reel, a frequentive form of winden, to wind.

---L.

Comments

[packbat.livejournal.com]

Nice word - I wonder if it is derived from the "waving" of flags and the like.