Talk:beadle

capital letter

The word has a capital letter in the quotation from Woolf. Sarcasm, or grammatically justified?zigzig20s 17:04, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Possible missing senses

Chambers 1908 has "a mace-bearer (esp. of the 'bedels' or 'bedells,' official attendants of the Oxford and Cambridge vice-chancellors); a petty officer of a church, college, parish, etc.; (obsolete) a messenger or crier of a court". Equinox ◑ 08:23, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

RFV discussion: October 2023

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beadle

RFV of Etymology 2 with four new senses relating to speech. @S ḳʷnṭHls Ioaxxere (talk) 16:46, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

The usexes look like weird Anglish to me. And how come "northern England" was changed to "Cockney" in the same sequence of edits? Equinox ◑ 16:50, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Looks like a systematic fake. No hits for the German, Dutch (save unrelated sense), Scots etc. @Leasnam And the IP who created the alleged Proto-Germanic entry is what, a proxy? Fay Freak (talk) 17:18, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Can RFV's for German bäudeln, Dutch boedelen, and proto-Germanic *baudilōną be bundled in with this, or should we create separate RFV's for them in their normal locations? —Soap— 20:02, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

I created Etymology 1 only, which at the time was only "Etymology". I have not seen the other till just now. Leasnam (talk) 23:11, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

@Leasnam: Well sure sign the creator tried to make fools of us, if you have not seen such a thing even in front of your inner eye. See the non-English RFVs. Insinuates a deletion spree. Fay Freak (talk) 23:56, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

Speedied as a hoax. The user and IP are both blocked. — SURJECTION ^{/ T / C / L /} 10:01, 31 October 2023 (UTC)