Wrestle
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Old English, frequentative of wrǣstan ‘wrest’.
wiktionary
From Middle English wrestlen, wrastlen (also as wraxlen), from Old English wræstlian, wraxlian(“to contend, wrestle”); corresponding to wrest + -le. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wrosselje(“to contend, wrestle”), West Frisian wrakselje(“to wrestle”), Middle Dutch wrastelen(“to wrestle”), Middle Low German wrostelen(“to wrestle”).
etymonline
wrestle (v.)
Old English *wræstlian, frequentative of wræstan "to wrest" (see wrest) with -el (3). Compare North Frisian wrassele, Middle Low German worstelen. Figurative sense is recorded from early 13c. Related: Wrestled; wrestling.
