Past tense or adjective form of guddle; having been caught by hand-fishing, or confused and muddled.
From guddle, with -ed past tense/adjective suffix. Secondary meanings developed from the sense of working blindly in murky conditions.
In Scottish dialect, a 'guddled fish' got caught, but a 'guddled person' is confused—both meanings share the idea of being pulled from safety or clarity into chaos.
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