Past tense of 'dawt'; treated with excessive affection or petted.
From 'dawt' plus the regular past tense suffix '-ed.' This forms the simple past for this Scottish/archaic verb, maintaining the regular conjugation pattern even in dialects.
Regular past tense verbs (-ed) are relatively recent in English history—Old English had elaborate irregular conjugations. The triumph of '-ed' shows how language simplifies over time, spreading the regular pattern even to archaic verbs.
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