whortle

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Pronunciation

/ˈwɝtl̩/

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/ˈwɝtl̩/ · /ˈʍɝtl̩/

Definition of whortle

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(archaic)The whortleberry or bilberry.

“[…] winding to the southward, he stopped his little nag short of the crest, and got off and looked ahead of him, from behind a tump of whortles.”

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From Middle English hurtil, hurtle, from Old English horte (“whortleberry”) (plural hortan) but of unknown ultimate origin.

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