Dangle
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late 16th century: symbolic of something loose and pendulous, corresponding to Danish dangle, Swedish dangla, but the origin is unclear.
wiktionary
Uncertain, but likely of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish dingle, dangle, Swedish dangla(“to swing about”), Norwegian dangla, perhaps via North Frisian dangeln. [1]
etymonline
dangle (v.)
1590s, intransitive, "hang loosely, be suspended so as to sway in the wind," probably from Scandinavian (compare Danish dangle, Swedish dangla "to swing about," Norwegian dangla), perhaps via North Frisian dangeln. Transitive sense of "carry suspended so as to swing or sway" is from 1610s. Related: Dangled; dangling.
