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eckle¹

Where it comes from

From a variation of ickle (“icicle”), from Middle English ikil, ykle, from Old English ġicel (“ice, icicle”), from Proto-West Germanic *jikil, from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz (“piece of ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (“icefloe, icicle”). More at ickle.

noun eckles · eccle

  1. dialectal An icicle.
  2. dialectal, plural normally The crest of a cock.
  3. dialectal A woodpecker.

eckle²

Where it comes from

Alteration of ettle.

verb eckles · eckling · eckled · eccle

  1. Northern England, intransitive To aim; intend; design.

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@misc{eckle_2026,
  title = {eckle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eckle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}