▪ I. suddle, n. Sc.
(ˈsʌd(ə)l)
[f. the vb.]
A stain, spot.
| 1861 R. Quinn Heather Lintie (1863) 239 Nature's touch sae pure an' bricht, But blemish, flaw, or suddle. |
▪ II. † suddle, a. Sc. Obs.
In 5 suddill.
[See next and cf. suddly.]
Filthy.
| a 1500 Colkelbie Sow i. 171 The suddill sow of the sord. |
▪ III. suddle, v. Sc. and north. dial.
(ˈsʌd(ə)l)
Also 6 suddill, 8 sudle.
[Immediate source uncertain. Cf. MHG. sudeln, sudlen to wallow in mire, G. sudeln to soil, defile.]
trans. To soil, sully, defile. Hence ˈsuddled ppl. a.
| 1513 Douglas æneis xii. ii. 124 That..I may..in the dusty puldyr.. Suddill and fyle hys crysp and ȝallow hayr. 1696 A. Telfair True Relat. Appar. 10 Seven small bones, with Blood, and some Flesh, all closed in a peice of Old suddled Paper. 1722 Hamilton Wallace 12 She..A sudled Curch o'er Head and Neck let fall. [Cf. suddly, quot. c 1470.] c 1820 Hogg Poems (1865) 279/2 His gravat was suddled. a 1825 Ld. Thomas & Fair Annet vi. in Child Ballads (1885) II. 186/1 She must put on her suddled silks, That she wears every day. |