eyndill

English

Alternative forms
  • eindill, endill (Scotland)

Etymology

Origin obscure. Probably from a frequentative form of eind, aynd (“to breathe”), equivalent to eind +‎ -le, related to onde (“to breathe”). Compare also Old English andian (“to envy, be envious or jealous”). More at onde.

Verb

eyndill (third-person singular simple present eyndills, present participle eyndilling, simple past and past participle eyndilled)

  1. (intransitive, rare, UK dialectal, Scotland) To be or become jealous.

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