Talk:beadle

capital letter
The word has a capital letter in the quotation from Woolf. Sarcasm, or grammatically justified?zigzig20s 17:04, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Possible missing senses
Chambers 1908 has "a mace-bearer (esp. of the 'bedels' or 'bedells,' official attendants of the Oxford and Cambridge vice-chancellors); a petty officer of a church, college, parish, etc.; (obsolete) a messenger or crier of a court". Equinox ◑ 08:23, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

RFV discussion: October 2023
RFV of Etymology 2 with four new senses relating to speech. Ioaxxere (talk) 16:46, 30 October 2023 (UTC)


 * The usexes look like weird Anglish to me. And how come "northern England" was changed to "Cockney" in the same sequence of edits? Equinox ◑ 16:50, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Looks like a systematic fake. No hits for the German, Dutch (save unrelated sense), Scots etc. And the IP who created the alleged Proto-Germanic entry is what, a proxy? Fay Freak (talk) 17:18, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Can RFV's for German, Dutch , and proto-Germanic be bundled in with this, or should we create separate RFV's for them in their normal locations? — Soap — 20:02, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I created Etymology 1 only, which at the time was only "Etymology". I have not seen the other till just now. Leasnam (talk) 23:11, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Well sure sign the creator tried to make fools of us, if you have not seen such a thing even in front of your inner eye. See the non-English RFVs. Insinuates a deletion spree. Fay Freak (talk) 23:56, 30 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Speedied as a hoax. The user and IP are both blocked. &mdash; S URJECTION / T / C / L / 10:01, 31 October 2023 (UTC)