different between swaddle vs scaddle
swaddle
English
Etymology
From Middle English swathlen (“to bind; swaddle”), from Middle English swathel, swethel, from Old English swaþul, swæþel, sweþel, sweoþol (“swaddling cloth”), equivalent to swathe (“to wrap with fabric”) +? -le (agent/instrumental suffix), the word then underwent th-stopping (its voiced th became a d). Cognate with Middle Dutch swadel (“swaddling; bandage”), Old High German swedili (“poultice”), Old English sweþian, besweþian (“to wrap; swaddle”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sw?d?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?sw?d?l/, /?sw?d?l/
- Rhymes: -?d?l
Verb
swaddle (third-person singular simple present swaddles, present participle swaddling, simple past and past participle swaddled)
- To bind (a baby) with long narrow strips of cloth.
- (archaic) To beat; cudgel.
Related terms
- swaddling
Translations
Noun
swaddle (plural swaddles)
- Anything used to swaddle with, such as a cloth or band.
- They put me in bed in all my swaddles.
Anagrams
- Dewalds, Waddles, dawdles, waddles
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scaddle
English
Adjective
scaddle (comparative more scaddle, superlative most scaddle)
- Alternative form of scathel
- Alternative form of skaddle
Anagrams
- scalded
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