different between brangle vs rangle

English

Etymology

Perhaps related to branle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?æ?.??l/
• Rhymes: -æ???l

Noun

brangle (plural brangles)

1. (archaic) A squabble.
   • 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, s:Uncle Tom's Cabin

     "I was a fool, it's a fact, to let any such brangle come up," said Legree; "but, when the boy set up his will, he had to be broke in."

Verb

brangle (third-person singular simple present brangles, present participle brangling, simple past and past participle brangled)

1. To squabble.
   • 1999, Julia Justiss, The Wedding Gamble, page 104

     "As if he'd let a cow-handed bantling like you handle them," Cecily muttered.
     "Children!" Meredyth protested, her face flushing. "What must Lord Englemere think, to hear you brangle so?"

Derived terms

• brangler

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æ??l?/
• Rhymes: -æ???l

Etymology 1

From range +? -le (frequentative suffix).

Verb

rangle (third-person singular simple present rangles, present participle rangling, simple past and past participle rangled)

1. (obsolete, dialect, Britain) To range about in an irregular manner.

Etymology 2

Noun

rangle (uncountable)

1. Stones or gravel eaten by birds of prey to improve digestion; gastroliths [from 17th c.]

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Rangle”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 1 (Q–R), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 141, column 3.

Anagrams

• Langer, Nagler, Nergal, Rangel, angler, erlang, gen'ral, langer, largen, regnal

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra?l?/

Verb

rangle

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Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary