A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1500-1599
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Mud(d)le, v.1 [Origin and precise meaning obscure: ? cf. MDu. moddelen frequent, of modden to dabble in mud, and Mude n.1] tr. ? To throw down ? in a heap or ? into the mud. —15.. Christis Kirk 143 (B).
He mudlet [M. mudlit] thame doun [Laing He muddled dovn] lyk ony mys


