According to my great grandparents, to be "marred" or "mardy" meant to be bad-tempered or sulky. The word was used in particular to describe a spoilt child, often in the form "marred-arse".
"Marred" is of course an old-fashioned word which means "spoilt", as in "the wedding was marred by rain", but its use to describe a person is particular to northern dialects.
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