Middle English Dictionary Entry
ridelen v.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | ridelen v.(1) Also ridele, rideli, ridile, ridle(n & (early) ridli; p.ppl. ridelde. |
| Etymology | Prob. OE: cp. LOE hriddel n., OE hridder n., hrīdrian v.; also cp. ME ridel n.(1);and cp. OF (Pic., from Gmc.) rideler to sift. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To sift (grain); also, fig. test (sb.); -- also without obj.; spread (ashes) by means of sifting; -- used without obj.; ~ oute of, separate (sb.) from (God's chosen).
Associated quotations
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)120/6 : Sathan is ȝeorne abuten forte ridli [Nero: ridlen] þe ut of mine icorene.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Dan.14.13 : Danyel comaundide his children, and thei brouȝten to ashe, and by al the temple he ridlide [WB(2) riddlide; L cribravit] byfore the kyng.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 22.31 : Sathanas hath axid ȝou that he schulde ridele [WB(2): ridile; vr. ridle ȝou] as whete.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)433 : Rydelyn [Win: Rydely]: Cribro, capisterio.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)202/27 : As corne is rydelde, a man is so rydelde that is examyned inwardly and perfythly.