ancle

See also: anclé

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæŋkəl/

Noun

ancle (plural ancles)

1. Obsolete spelling of ankle
   • 1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, J. Roberts, page 14:

     ...as 'tis the principal opponent of that great joint the ancle...

   • 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 100:

     Her imagination was busy, her reflections were pleasant, and the pain of a sprained ancle was disregarded.

   • 1818, William Cowherd, Facts authentic, in science and religion:

     A silver hoop, or ring, which the Indian women fasten round their naked ancles, because they use neither shoes nor stockings.

Anagrams

• Calne, Lance, Lenca, clane, clean, lance

Asturian

Verb

ancle

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of anclar

Middle English

Alternative forms

• anclee, anclowe, ancyl, ankel, ankill, ankyll, oncleou

Etymology

From Old English *ancol, *ancel, from Proto-West Germanic *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz. Some forms are from anclēo, anclēow, which is from the same Proto-Germanic word suffixed with an unknown element.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈankəl/, /ˈankleː/

Noun

ancle (plural ancles)

1. The ankle or the anklebone.
2. Any joint (analogous to the ankle).

Descendants

• English: ankle (dialectal ancley, anclef, ancliff; obsolete ancle)
• Scots: ankleth, anklet (fusion of Middle English ancle and lith); hankle

References

• “anclẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-25.

Spanish

Verb

ancle

1. inflection of anclar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative