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Norman
Etymology
From Old French (Old Northern French dialectal sufler), from a Vulgar Latin *sufilāre, from Latin sībilō, sībilāre. Cognate with Walloon xhufler, Romansch tschüvler, Italian zufolare.
Verb
sûfflier (gerund sûffliéthie)
- (Jersey) to whistle
1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore, page 540:A quànd les filles sufflent le guiablle s'éhuque.- When girls whistle the devil laughs outright.