scaddle
adjective
scad·dle
variants or less commonly skaddle
ˈskadᵊl
1
dialectal, England : fierce, wild
2
dialectal, England, of an animal : badly behaved : skittish
Word History
Etymology
alteration of earlier scathel harmful, dangerous, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old High German skadal, skatal harmful, Gothic skathuls, Old English sceathian to injure