wrastlen

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English wrǣstlian.

Verb

wrastlen

1. 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