v. Obs. Also 6 firdon, friddon, fridoun. [ad. Fr. fredonner.] intr. To hum, warble, quaver. Hence † Friddoning vbl. sb.

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1584.  Southerne, in Puttenham, Eng. Poesie, III. xxii. (Arb.), 260. I will freddon in thine honour.

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1588.  A. Hume, Triumph Lord, 207.

        As clarshons cleare, douce friddoning of flutes,
The viols swift, and finest Venus lutes.
    Ibid. (1599), [see FIRDON.]

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16[?].  Montgomerie, Cherrie & Slae, vii. (in Evergreen).

        Compleitly, mail sweitly,
Scho fridound flat and schairp.

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