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The lost sounds of Stonehenge ​…

nigelswift N
nigelswift Jan 7, 2017 09:42:31
Replying to tiompan

fankle

Scottish verb
fankle; 3rd person present: fankles; past tense: fankled; past participle: fankled; gerund or present participle: fankling

entangle.

Cheers for that. ;)

T tiompan
tiompan Jan 7, 2017 10:25:50
Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:
fankle

Scottish verb
fankle; 3rd person present: fankles; past tense: fankled; past participle: fankled; gerund or present participle: fankling

entangle.

Cheers for that. ;)

Thanks for the translation .

I think the verb comes from Fank : coil /tangle of rope , rather than Fank:sheep pen .
The image it conjures up is being confused / all mixed up .

E Evergreen Dazed
Evergreen Dazed Jan 7, 2017 12:14:12
Replying to nigelswift

Hurkle-Durkle is one of my favourites.
I could easily indulge in it on a weekday morning.

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