▪ I. rindle, n.
(ˈrɪnd(ə)l)
Forms: α. 1 rinnelle; rynel (5), renel, 4 ryneil, 5–6 rinel, 9 Sc. rinnal. β. 6 ryndle, 6– rindle.
[OE. rinnelle, rynele fem., rynel masc., f. the stem rin-, run-; see run v.]
A small watercourse or stream; a runnel.
| α c 825 Vesp. Psalter lxiv. 11 Rinnellan his indrencende [L. rivos ejus inebrians]. c 900 Wærferth tr. Gregory's Dial. 94 Se æftra stream..se cymð of þære rynelan [v.r. burnan] þæs gastlican æsprynges. c 1000 Blickl. Gloss. Ps. lxiv. 11 Riuos, rynelas. c 1100 Ags. Ps. (Cant.) lxiv. 11 His reneles drencende. a 1325 Prose Psalter lxiv. 11 Fylland hys ryneils [v.r. ryuers]. c 1400 Destr. Troy 5709 The rynels wex red of the ronke blode. Ibid. 7506 Þai..Woundit hym wickedly..Þat þe Rinels of red blode ran doun his chekes. 1508 Extr. Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 78 Nay litstaris..sall wesche thar stuf in the loche nor common rinelis [printed riuelis] of the toune. |
| β 1547 Salesbury, Frwd ne afon vach, a ryndel. 1555 W. Watreman Fardle Facions ii. xi. 259 A garden plotte of delighte, full of swiete rindles of Christalline watre. 1670 Phil. Trans. V. 2016 There runs near it (at least in the Winter season) a small rindle (or gutter rather). 1686 Plot Staffordsh. 42 Its subservient branches.., and innumerable other Rindles that fall into them. c 1746 J. Collier (Tim Bobbin) View Lanc. Dial. (ed. 2) 8 O Rindle o Wetur. 1841 S. Bamford Life Radical 113 Through the whole length of the valley, wends a sickly tan colored rindle. 1861 Waugh Goblin's Grave 29 Fed by rindles and driblets from springs in the wood-shaded steep. |
▪ II. rindle, v.
(ˈrɪnd(ə)l)
[f. prec.]
intr. To stream or flow. Hence ˈrindling ppl. a.
| 1866 Waugh in Harland Lanc. Lyrics 108 It winds by a rindlin' wayter side. 1895 Crockett Men of Moss-Hags xliv, The burn..rindling clear over slaty stones. |
▪ III. rindle
variant of rendles, rennet.