Middle English Dictionary Entry
ringil n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ringil n. Also (late) rengel. |
| Etymology | ?OE *hringel (see Smith PNElem.1.265); also cp. ME ring n. & -el suf.(1) or MDu. ringel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A small metal ring; (b) in place name.
Associated quotations
a
- (1419-20) Acc.Met.Col.in Archaeol.J.665 : Solut' pro 1 boos, 1 ryngyl, et 2 jemewys, emptis pro hostio pulpiti.
- (1423) Acc.Hollingbourne in Archaeol.Cant.13562 : Item, ffor a ryngyll, an haspe, and an lache to þe Courtgate, iij d.
- (1482) Acc.Howard in RC 61211 : Item, for rengellys and hokys, vj lb. ix d.
b
- (1489) EPNSoc.7 (Sus.)397 : Ryngylcros, Rynglescrosse.