Derivational suffix in verbs, often denoting diminutive, repetitive, or intensive actions or events (formed on verbs, earlier also on nouns): (a) Inherited from OE: brast-(e)len clatter, cp. brest-en, berst-en burst [OE brast-lian: berst-an]; nest-(e)len (beside nest-en) make or have a nest [OE nest-lian: nist-(i)an]; saught-len (beside saught-en reconcile, make peace [OE saht-lian, seht-lian: seht-en]; (b) formed in ME or taken from Dutch: tramp-(e)len beside tramp-en, twink-(e)len beside twink-en, wrast-(e)len beside wrast-en; bab-(e)len, kak-(e)len & pī̆peling ppl. as adj.