teedlev.
/ˈtiːd(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈtid(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈtid(ə)l/ Scottish.
transitive. To sing (a tune) without words; to hum.
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hum1602
sough1711
sowff1719
sowth?1784
teedle?a1800
thruma1845
noodle1897
?a1800 Sc. Song, Had awa frae me Donald (Jam.) But rock your weeane in a scull And teedle Heelan sing, Matam.
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. (1876) 444 Teedling, singing a tune without accompanying it with the words.
1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate v My little Highland landlady..stood at the door ‘teedling’ to herself a Highland song as she shook a table-napkin over the fore-stair.
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