Meaning

6 senses

  1. A state of physical condition; kilter or trim.

    Zustand, Form, Einklang

  2. One's mental state; spirits.

    Zustand, Geisteszustand, Verfassung

    a state of fitness and good health

  3. Sand used to line a furnace.

    Formsand

  4. A seam line left by the meeting of mould pieces.

    Grat

  5. (UK, dialectal)The act of fettling.

  6. (Cumbria, Geordie)A person's mood or state, often assuming the worst.

    What’s yer fettle marra?

    Zustand

Translations

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By meaning 4
state of physical condition — see also kilter, trim:
one’s mental state — see also spirits:
sand to line a furnace:
seam line left by the meeting of mold pieces:

Origin

From Late Middle English fetlen (“(verb) to bestow; to fix, prepare, put in place; to prep

From Late Middle English fetlen (“(verb) to bestow; to fix, prepare, put in place; to prepare (oneself) for battle, gird up; to shape; to be about to, or to ready (oneself) to stay; (adjective) shaped (well or poorly)”) [and other forms], which possibly:

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Forms

plural: fettles
Singularfettle
Pluralfettles

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fetidfetishfetterfetusfeudfeudal

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