fadge

English

Etymology 1

Confer Middle English faden (“to flatter”), and Old English fēgan, German fügen, or Old English āfægian (“to depict”); all perhaps form the same root as the English fair.

Verb

fadge (third-person singular simple present fadges, present participle fadging, simple past and past participle fadged)

1. (obscure, transitive) To fit or suit.
2. (obscure, transitive) To agree.
3. (obscure, transitive) To succeed.
4. (Geordie) To eat together.
5. (Yorkshire, of a horse) To move with a gait between a jog and a trot.

Etymology 2

Etymology uncertain.

Noun

fadge (plural fadges)

1. (Ulster) Irish potato bread - flat farls, griddle-baked. Often served fried.
2. (New Zealand) A wool pack. traditionally made of jute now often synthetic.
3. (Geordie) Small bread loaf or bun made with left-over dough.
4. (Yorkshire) A gait of horses between a jog and a trot.

References

• fadge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [2]
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893-4[3]