fidge

English

verb

Definitions

(obsolete) To fidget; jostle or shake.

Etymology

Derived from Middle English fiken (flatter, hasten away, dissemble, feign, move restlessly, jitter, hustle, flinch) derived from Old Norse fika (as a spider, climb up nimbly).

Origin

Old Norse

fika

Gloss

as a spider, climb up nimbly

Timeline

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Cognates and derived terms

fidget English
fidgeter English
fidgetsome English
fidgety English
fika English
fike English
fika Swedish
fician Old English
*-ten Middle English
fiken Middle English
fika Old Norse

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fika
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