A Scottish or dialectal word meaning to hobble, limp, or walk with difficulty; to move unsteadily.
From Scottish/Northern English dialect, possibly related to 'hank' or from Dutch/Low German roots; primarily regional usage.
Scottish dialect preserves medieval movement-verbs like 'hankle' that sound archaic to English ears but still describe physical actions that modern English requires whole phrases to convey.
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