Middle English Dictionary Entry
tingel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tingel n. Also tingil, tingle, (in cpd.) tincle-; pl. tingel. |
| Etymology | Prob. adapted from MDu. tengeliser, tinghel- or tengelspiker, tinghel-. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One of the smallest types of nail, a tack;—also coll.; ~ nail.
Associated quotations
- (1292) in Salzman Building in Engl.314 : Tyngelnayl.
- (1295) Acc.Shipbuilding in Ant.J.7430 : Semnail, Spiking', Tingelnail.
- (1296) Newcastle Galley in Archaeol.Ael.4.2168 : In ccc clavis ferri emptis..vnde c de Tyngel, precium j d., et cc Schotnayl, precium c ij d. v d.
- (1296) Newcastle Galley in Archaeol.Ael.4.2178 : In ccclx Schotnayl, lx Thacnayl, cc Tyngel emptis de Johanne de Soureby..xiij d.
- (1296) Newcastle Galley in Archaeol.Ael.4.2180 : In ccc de Magna Tyngelnayl emptis de J. Hachet et Spusedrobyn, iij d.
- (1327) in Salzman Building in Engl.304 : 300 tyngilnayl.
- (1356) *Pipe Roll (PRO) 32 Edw.III m.34/1 [OD col.] : [5800] de Tynnednaill', [242,300] de Tynclenaill'.
- (1377-8) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.103587 : In 600 tyngylnaile empt. pro fenestr.
- (1407) *Acc.Exch.K.R.44/11(1).m.4 [OD col.] : Ml. cc clauis vocatis Tyngle.
- (1449-50) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99239 : 200ma del tyngilnaill.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- (1356) *Pipe Roll (PRO) 32 Edw.III m.33/1 dorso [OD col.] : Computat in..v Ml. dccc tinnednail', ccxlij Mill.cc tynclenaill', Ml.d gropenaill', dccc Gloutnaill', c de Weldenaill' et [24400] tilatnaill' emptis.
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