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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FORDWEBLIT, ppl.adj. Also -dweeblit. Greatly enfeebled, very weak. Rare and liter.Sc. 1806 R. Jamieson Ballads I. 241:
Her limbs fordweblit grew.
s.Sc. 1857 H. S. Riddell Psalms xxxviii. 8:
I am fordweblit an' sair brokin.
Abd. 1932 R. L. Cassie Scots Sangs 44:
Nae gantin gomerals i' their raws, Fordweeblit an' forgrutten.

[For-, 1. (2) + dwe(e)ble, Dwaible.]

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