Whortle
//ˈwɝtl̩// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The whortleberry or bilberry. archaic
"[…] winding to the southward, he stopped his little nag short of the crest, and got off and looked ahead of him, from behind a tump of whortles."
Example
More examples"[…] winding to the southward, he stopped his little nag short of the crest, and got off and looked ahead of him, from behind a tump of whortles."
Etymology
From Middle English hurtil, hurtle, from Old English horte (“whortleberry”) (plural hortan) but of unknown ultimate origin.
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