Middle English Dictionary Entry
ǧinglen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | ǧinglen v. Also gingelen. |
| Etymology | ?Imitative; but cp. janglen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To jingle, resound, ring.
Associated quotations
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.170 : Whanne he rood men myghte his brydel heere Gynglen [vrr. Gyngle, Gyngelyn, Gynglyng, Gyngelinge] in a whistlynge wynd as cleere And eek as loude as dooth the chapel belle.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)66a/a : Tiniio [?read: Tinnio]: to gyngle as brasce..Tignito: oft gyngle.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)195 : Gyngelyn in sowndynge [Win: Gynglyn or soundyn]: Resono.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)156 : To Gingelle.