† freddonv.
Obsolete.
intransitive. To hum, warble, quaver.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > sing [verb (intransitive)] > trill
warble1530
quaver1538
freddon1589
firdon16..
trill1667
1589 in Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxii. 211 I will freddon in thine honour.
16.. A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae vii, in Evergreen Compleitly, mair sweitly, Scho fridound flat and schairp.
Derivatives
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of wind instruments > sound of pipe or flute
whistle1447
toodle-loodle1542
toodle-toodlea1566
friddoning1588
pipe note1592
1588 A. Hume Triumph of Lord 207 Douce friddoning of flutes.
1599 A. Hume Hymnes sig. D1v Their firdoning the bony birds, In banks they do begin.
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