Talk:noddle

The citations show that in the 1600s, noddle was often used in expressions meaning fool/foolish. Perhaps this is the origin of noodle meaning fool. The OED speculates this derivation. BenjaminBarrett12 (talk) 19:00, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

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Here's a citation I don't know how to classify.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1617) The History of Don-Quichote: The First Parte‎^[1], page 249 of 572: “And when he his noddle has prest, / Don-Quixote his teares did forth wrest...”

Does anyone understand what this means? BenjaminBarrett12 (talk) 03:08, 17 March 2012 (UTC)