scaddle

adjective

scad·​dle

variants or less commonly skaddle

ˈskadᵊl

1

dialectal, England : fierce, wild

2

dialectal, England, of an animal : badly behaved : skittish

Word History

Etymology

alteration of earlier scathel harmful, dangerous, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old High German skadal, skatal harmful, Gothic skathuls, Old English sceathian to injure

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