wrastlen
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English wrǣstlian.
Verb
wrastlen
- to wrestle
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knyghtes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:
- who wrastleth best naked, with oille enoynt
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Descendants
- English: wrestle