Etymology

straggle

strag·gle
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Today it means: To stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind. Full definition →

Middle English straglen ← Norwegian stragla
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  1. Norwegian · derived fromstragla“to walk laboriously”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromstraglen
  3. English todaystraggle

From Middle English straglen, of uncertain origin, possibly from (or cognate to) dialectal Norwegian stragla (“to walk laboriously”).

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