Now dial. Also 8 vardi, 9 vardie. [Colloq. or dial. var. of verdit, obs. f. VERDICT.] Opinion, judgment, verdict.
1731–8. Swift, Polite Conv., i. 15. Lord Sp. Well, I fear Lady Answerall can’t live long; she has so much wit. Nev. No, she can’t live…. Lady Ans. O! Miss, you must give your Vardi too!
1796. Grose’s Dict. Vulgar T. (ed. 3), s.v., To give one’s vardy; i. e. verdict or opinion.
1825–. in dial. glossaries (N. Cy., Linc., Yorks.).
