sûfflier

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)

1. (Jersey) to whistle
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 540:

     A quànd les filles sufflent le guiablle s'éhuque.

     When girls whistle the devil laughs outright.