different between fidge vs lidge

English

Alternative forms

• fitch

Etymology

Probably an assibilated form of Middle English fiken (“to jitter; move restlessly; hustle; flinch; hasten away”), perhaps related to Old English befician (“to deceive”) or from Old Norse fika (“to climb up nimbly, as a spider”), akin to Norwegian fika (“to strive after”), Swedish fika (“to strive for; hurry”). See also fike.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?d?

Verb

fidge (third-person singular simple present fidges, present participle fidging, simple past and past participle fidged)

1. (obsolete, dialectal, Scotland) To fidget; jostle or shake.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     "Look, Jim, how my fingers fidges," he continued in the pleading tone. "I can't keep 'em still, not I. I haven't had a drop this blessed day. That doctor's a fool, I tell you. If I don't have a dram o' rum, Jim, I'll have the horrors..."

Noun

fidge (plural fidges)

1. (obsolete, dialectal, Scotland) A shake; fiddle or similar agitation.

Related terms

• fidget

Anagrams

• GIFed

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?d?

Noun

lidge (plural lidges)

1. Obsolete form of ledge.

Anagrams

• gelid, glide, liged

Yola

Etymology

Cognate with English lodge.

Verb

lidge (simple past lidg'd)

1. to lie, lay, lodge

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN