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Note 198 — IV

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[‘Frampold’, peevish, perverse (Merry Wives of Windsor, 1598, ii, 2, 94) is supposed to be another form of ‘from-polled’, as if ‘wrong-headed’. ‘Garboil’, a tumult or hubbub, was originally garboyl, and came from old French garbouil (Italian garbuglio). ‘Brangle’, a brawl, stands for ‘brandle’ from Old Fr. brandeler, akin to ‘brandish’.]

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