Obs. rare. In 3 wragel-, 6 Sc. wraggil, wraigle, 7 wragle. [See WRAG v. and -LE, and cf. WFris. wraggelje to waddle, LG. dial. wraggeln to wiggle, to wriggle.]

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  1.  intr. To struggle or strive; to resist. Hence Wraggling vbl. sb.

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a. 1225.  Ancr. R., 374. Þe oðer bitternesse is bitternesse in wrastlunge, & in wragelunge aȝean uondunges. Ibid. For þe ȝet [sic] fondunges, þet beoð þe deofles swenges, waggeð oðer hwules, & [heo] moten wresten aȝean mid stronge wragelunge.

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  2.  To wriggle. Hence Wraggling ppl. a.

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1508.  Dunbar, Flyting, 195. Wan wraiglane [Maitl. wraggilland] wasp!

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1602.  Middleton, Blurt, Master Constable, C 2. I strugled and stragled, and wrigled and wragled.

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