A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1512, 1661-1689
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Noddill, Nod(d)l(e, n. [Late ME. and e.m.E. nodel (c 1425), nodulle, nodyl (Prompt. Parv.), nod(d)le, the back of the head or neck, the head or pate, etc., of obscure origin.] The head, the pate. Also attrib. — c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 275 (Ch. & M.).
Weil couth i keyth his cruke bak & kemm his kewt noddill 1661 Mercurius Caledonius 8–16 Jan. 19.
Their little crazed nodls is employed in composing Latine ballads [etc.] a1689 Cleland 113.
They're men of round spun noddle fictions
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