ˈsoodle, v. dial.
[Of obscure origin.]
intr. To walk in a slow or leisurely manner; to stroll, saunter.
| 1821 Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 19 To go so soodling up and down the street. Ibid. II. 93 While I as unconcern'd went soodling on. 1854– in dial. (chiefly midland) glossaries. |
Hence ˈsoodling ppl. a., that flows or moves slowly; poet. rare. ˈsoodly a., leisurely, slow; dial.
| 1821 Clare Vill. Minstr. II. 67 The horse-boy, with a soodly gait, Slow climbs the stile. 1951 Auden Nones (1952) 39 The baltering torrent Shrunk to a soodling thread. |