Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†GOYDLE, v., n.
I. v. “To speak twaddle, to tell stories in a prosy, uninteresting manner” (Abd.8 (Upper Deeside) 1917).
II. n. In pl.: twaddle (Id.).
[For *gytle, a variant, with alternative freq. ending, of Gyter. For the rounded diphthong, see P.L.D. § 131.]
