warsle

American  

[wahr-suhl] / ˈwɑr səl /

Or warstle

verb (used with or without object)

warsled, warsling

1. wrestle.

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Etymology

Origin of warsle

1300–50; Middle English; Old English *wǣrstlian, metathetic variant (compare wǣrstlīc of wrestling) of wrǣstlian to wrestle

Example Sentences

There were twa brethren in the north, They went to the school thegither; The one unto the other said, ‘Will you try a warsle afore?’

From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank

Would a’ the land do this, then I’ll be caution Ye’ll soon hae poets o’ the Scottish nation, Will gar fame blaw until her trumpet crack, And warsle time, on’ lay him on his back!

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

Man, curate, can ye no contrive to warsle up the brae a bit?

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various

Would a' the land do this, then I'll be caition, Ye'll soon hae Poets o' the Scottish nation Will gar Fame blaw until her trumpet crack, And warsle Time, an' lay him on his back!

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

The warld's wrack we share o't, The warsle and the care o't: Wi' her I'll blithely bear it, And think my lot divine.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert