Ingle
//ˈɪŋɡəl// name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An open fireplace. Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete
"Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, / Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely"
- 2 A catamite; a male lover
"What? shall I have my sonne a stager now? an enghle for players?"
Verb
- 1 To cajole or coax; to wheedle. obsolete
"Hugge it, ingle it, kiſſe it, and cull it, now thou haſt it, […]"
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, / Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle Scots ingle, ingill, from Scottish Gaelic aingeal (“fire, light”), from Old Irish aingel, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“coal”). Cognate with Irish aingeal.
Etymology 2
Unknown.
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