† ˈflodder, v. Sc. Obs.
[f. flod flood n. + -er2. Cf. flotter.]
trans. To flood. a. To overflow. b. transf. To ‘blubber’ or disfigure (the face) by weeping.
| 1513 Douglas æneis vii. Prol. 52 The law vaille flodderit all wyth spait. Ibid. xi. ii. 80 With gret terys flodderit his face and ene. |