"puckle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: puckles [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English *poukel, *pukel, from Old English pūcel (“a goblin, demon, a mischievous spirit”), diminutive of pūca (“demon, goblin, imp”), equivalent to puck + -le. Cognate with Danish pokker (“devil, deuce”). More at puck. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*poukel}} Middle English *poukel, {{m|enm|*pukel}} *pukel, {{inh|en|ang|pūcel||a goblin, demon, a mischievous spirit}} Old English pūcel (“a goblin, demon, a mischievous spirit”), {{m|ang|pūca||demon, goblin, imp}} pūca (“demon, goblin, imp”), {{suffix|en|puck|le}} puck + -le, {{cog|da|pokker||devil, deuce}} Danish pokker (“devil, deuce”), {{l|en|puck}} puck Head templates: {{en-noun}} puckle (plural puckles)
  1. (obsolete) The devil; Satan. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-puckle-en-noun-G6rVxEJ1
  2. (dialectal) A fairy; elf; sprite. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-puckle-en-noun-Qr9~Tp4X
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: puck

Inflected forms

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