hiddle

The story

1. Old English · derived fromhȳdels“a place of concealment, hiding-place, cavern, cave”
2. Early Scots · derived fromhyddyll
3. Middle Scots · derived fromhiddill
4. Scots · borrowed fromhiddle
5. English todayhiddle

Borrowed from Scots hiddle, from Middle Scots hiddill, from Early Scots hyddyll, an alteration, due to final s mistaken for the plural ending, of hyddlys (“hiding-place, concealment”), from Old English hȳdels (“a place of concealment, hiding-place, cavern, cave”), equivalent to hide + -le. For loss of final s compare burial, riddle. More at hide, huddle.