fadge

Meanings

Verb

• To be suitable (with or to something).
• To agree, to get along (with).
• To get on well; to cope, to thrive.
• To eat together.
• To move with a gait between a jog and a trot.

Noun

• Irish potato bread; a flat farl, griddle-baked, often served fried.
• A wool pack, traditionally made of jute, now often synthetic.
• A small loaf or bun made with left-over dough.
• A gait of horses between a jog and a trot.
• A farthing .

Origin

• Unknown. According to Chambers, from Old English fegan ("to join or fit together"); Liberman suggests a Middle English variant of fagot.
• Etymology uncertain, but potentially from or related to Old English faċġ.