fadge

Etymology 1

Unknown. According to Chambers, from Old English fēġan (“to join or fit together”); Liberman suggests a Middle English variant of fagot (“bundle of sticks”). Compare also Old English feċġan (“to seize, take hold, bring to”).

verb

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To be suitable (with or to something).
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To agree, to get along (with).
3. (obsolete, intransitive) To get on well; to cope, to thrive.
4. (Tyneside) To eat together.
5. (Yorkshire, of a horse) To move with a gait between a jog and a trot.

Etymology 2

Uncertain, but potentially from or related to Old English faċġ (“flat-fish, plaice, flounder”).

noun

1. (Ireland) Irish potato bread; a flat farl, griddle-baked, often served fried.
2. (New Zealand) A wool pack, traditionally made of jute, now often synthetic.
3. (Tyneside) A small loaf or bun made with left-over dough.
4. (Yorkshire) A gait of horses between a jog and a trot.

Etymology 3

noun

1. (UK, slang, archaic) A farthing (old coin).
   "Here's a fadge (farthing) or a button," I said, taking my pocket knife and cutting a few of the stitches holding the cloth and lining together, […] 1868, Thomas Wright, Johnny Robinson, page 173