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-le3 suffix of verbs with frequent. or dim. force, repr. OE.
-lian, corr. to OS., OHG.
-lōn (Du., G.
-len), ON.
-la :- Gmc. *
-lōjan; surviving words of OE. date are
handle,
nestle,
startle,
twinkle. There were many new formations in ME. and modEng., chiefly expressive of repeated action or movement, some being adopted from foreign sources, some being of native echoic or symbolic creation, e.g.
bubble,
chuckle,
dabble,
drizzle,
giggle,
hobble,
mumble,
niggle,
paddle,
scribble,
topple,
wriggle. Darkle,
sidle,
suckle are back-formations; cf.
grovel.
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