Lexicographical Neighbors of Fodgel
Literary usage of Fodgel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"If in your bounds ye chance to light Upon a fine, fat fodgel wight, Of stature
short, but genius bright, That's he, ..."
2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"fodgel [fat, squat and plump]. a fine, fat, fodgel wight, . . On Grose's
Peregrinations. Foe. Ere we permit a foreign foe, On British ground to rally. ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"fodgel, adj. Fat, squat and plump, SO Ну mither can card and spin, ... If in your
bounds ye chance to light Upon a fine, fat, fodgel wight, 0 stature short, ..."
4. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"Jam. refers fodgel (without apparent ground) to Teut. voedsel, food, and also
gives fadge, 1. a bundle of sticks; 2. a lusty and clumsy woman, referring the ..."
5. The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns, William Ernest Henley (1897)
"Flit, to shift. Flittering, fluttering. fodgel, dumpy : " a fine, fat, fodgel
wight," !4. FOOT, fared (ie went): "o'er the moor they Flyte, scold : " e'en ..."
6. Closeburn (Dumfriesshire): Reminiscent, Historic and Traditional by Robert M. F. Watson (1901)
"If in your bounds ye chance to light Upon a fine, fat, fodgel wight, O' stature
short, but genius bright, That's him, mark weel— And wow ! he has an unco ..."
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