Middle English Dictionary Entry
ridel n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | ridel n.(1) Also ridel(l)e, riddel, riddul, redel, reddil. |
| Etymology | LOE hriddel; cp. AL ridellus sieve. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ridder n.
1.
(a) A coarse sieve used for bolting grain, a riddle; big (ote, whete) ~, a riddle for barley (oats, wheat); ?also, a winnowing fan or fork [quot.: 1440]; also, a representation of a sieve [quot.: a1475]; (b) a kind of fishing net; ~ net.
Associated quotations
a
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)531 : Sak cryuere et sace: Sak ridelle and heresyue.
- (1354) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.xxxvii : Item..ij sefes, iiij rideles.
- (1371) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99129 : Aula..ij ventilabra..iij riddils.
- (1376) *Acc.R.Gt.Amwell : [Purchased]: 1 ridele..pro semine mundand'.
- (1383-4) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103593 : In cribris et ridels empt. pro thorale, 2 s. 6 d.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Amos 9.9 : Y shal..smyte in alle folkis the hous of Yrael, as whete is smyten in a rydil, and a lytil stoon of it shal not falle on erthe.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)243b/a : Corn is y-clensed wiþ syve or with riddil.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ecclus.27.5 : As dust schal dwelle in the hoolis of a riddil, so the angwisch of a man schal dwelle in the thouȝt of hym.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)18b/a : Cribrum: a ryddul.
- (1425) *Indent.Elyngham (Add Charter 62408) : An hayre wyth scotelys, redels, & Ryingseuys.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)433 : Rydyl, of corn clensynge: Cribrum, capisterium, ventilabrum, currifrugium.
- (1446) Invent.Lytham in Chet.n.s.6080 : ij redels, j oteredell.
- (1446) Will Durham in Sur.Soc.295 : j whetridell, j bigridell, j cribrum.
- (1454) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99150 : iiij riddillez, ij sevez.
- a1475(a1450) Tourn.Tott.(Hrl 5396)105 : In what place so i come, þay schal haue dout of me, Myn armes are so clere: I bere a reddyl and a rake, Poudred with a brenand drake.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)104a : A Rydyll vbi seffe: Cribrum or siffe.
b
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)521 : Il i ad nace [glossed:] szine e crivere [glossed:] ridel [vr. ryddyl] ausi, Commune fraunceis a chescuni.
- a1333 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Add 46919)525 : The riddel [vr. rydyllnett; glossing AF (Cmb): le crivere].
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)138 : F. vse nase et criuere W. weruth seue and riddell.