Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BEDEEVELED, BEDEIL'D, v., pa.t. Under the influence of the Devil, bewitched. [bə′divɪld(t), bə′dild(t)]Bnff. 1924 M. Symon in Sc. Mag. (June) 186:
“Nae Sabbath bells, nae porridge brakfasts!” “Ay, ay — bedeeveled, that's fat the cratur is!”Edb. 1801 J. Thomson Poems 132:
Yet maist o' men are sae bedeil'd, . . . They little think o' ony chield, Whase coat is torn or cloutet.
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