teanel Now n.w. dial.
(ˈtiːnəl)
Forms: 1 tænil, -el, tenil; 5 tenel; 9 teanal(e, teanel, tennil.
[OE. tǽnil, -el = MHG. zeinel, deriv. of OTeut. *tainjā, in Goth. tainjô wicker basket, OHG. zeinnâ, zeinâ, MHG. zeine weak fem., ON. *teina, pl. teinur basket, creel; deriv. of *taino{supz}, ON. teinn (:—teinr), OE. tán, OHG. zein twig, osier-wand.]
A basket.
| a 700 Epinal Gloss. (O.E.T.) 403 Fiscilla, taenil. a 800 Erfurt Gloss. 403 Fiscella, tenil. c 1000 ælfric Saints' Lives (1890) II. 44 Him on hand ᵹenam ænne lytelne tænel mid caricum ᵹefylledne. a 1100 Ags. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 336/9 Sportella, tænel. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 489/1 Tenel, or crele, cartallus. Ibid., Tenel, vessel, tenella. 1869 Lonsdale Gloss., Teanel, an osier fish-basket. 1882 Lancs. Gloss., Tennil, a large basket. |