Middle English Dictionary Entry
trendel n.
Entry Info
| Forms | trendel n. Also trendil, trendul, trendle, trindel(e, trindal, trindil(le, (in cpd.) trinel- & (early) trændel, (gen.) trændles & (in names) trenles-, trandel, trandle; pl. trendeles, etc. & trendelen, trendellis. |
| Etymology | OE trendel, trændel; a few pl. exx. in sense (b) may be AL. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A sphere, an orb; also, a pictorial representation of an orb [last quot.]; also, a ball; ?also, a top [quot. c1450]; (b) a cylindrical component of a mechanical device: a roller for a pulley, a lantern wheel, a cylinder for a windlass, a drum for a winch, etc.; also, a wheel; ?also, a cogwheel; ~ milne; wevere ~; (c) a hoop to which candles are affixed, usu. suspended from a church ceiling; ~ lightes; (d) a rounded bowl or platter; a basket; also, the patella, kneecap; (e) in surnames and place names [see Smith EPNElem.2.185, 188].
Associated quotations
a
- a1121 Peterb.Chron.(LdMisc 636)an.1110 : On þære fiftan nihte on Maies monðe ætywde se mona on æfen beorhte scinende..& syððan litlan & litlan his leoht wanode swa þæt..naþer ne leoht ne trændel ne nan þing mid ealle of him wæs gesæwen.
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)68/31 : We rædeð on tungelcræfte, þæt seo sunne byð hwiltiden þurh þæs monelicen trændles underscyte aðeostrod.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Is.29.3 : Y schal cumpasse as a round trendil in thi cumpasse.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)75/12 : Stones of glas þat schynen..ben trendelen for children, þat God ȝeueþ vs to pleye wiþ and solace vs wiþ.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)586/29 : Giraculum: a trendel.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.95 : Aungelys..been also peyntyd wyt qheelys and trendelys vnder here feet in tokene þat þey meuen and reulyn þe rounde bodyis.
b
- (1296-7) Acc.Cornw.in RHS ser.3.6645 : Custus molendinorum..In 2 trendellis ad idem emptis, 6 d.
- (1324) *Acc.Exch.K.R.Bundle 165 No.1.m.4 [OD col.] : Pro xxviij snekkes cum xxviij stapulis ad tenendum trendles ligni pro springaldis tendendis.
- (?c1343) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.100543 : In 1 pari de Trindelis.
- (1396) Mem.Ripon in Sur.Soc.81123 : In ij trendelys ligniis emp. pro fonte Sci Wilfridi et mangnum puly, 10 d.
- (1399) *Acc.Exch.K.R.473/11.m.2 [OD col.] : Willelmo le Foundour pro iiij trendellis de latone emptis pro pulliues et les vernes ad petras..inde subleuandas.
- (a1420) Rec.Norwich 2396 : [For] trendeles [for the George, 8 d.].
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)67b/a : Trochea: a pressour, a trendul, an a wyndlesse.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)502 : Trendyl: Troclea.
- (1455-6) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.99241 : Pro i pare de le tryndylles empt. pro molendino de Milburn.
- (1463) Doc.York in Sur.Soc.35134 : Pro j stoke pro le tryndiles.
- (1468) Doc.in HMC Rep.3 App.360 : [The rebuilding of 4 water-mills commonly called] Trynelmyllys.
- (c1470) Paston (EETS)1.436 : Item, ij spyndyls of jron for the hors mille; Item, ij ryngis for the same; Item, ij trendils for the same.
- c1475 St.Patr.Purg.(2) (Brm)p.95 : A woll myche wylle he sawe yer inne..Yt semyth a trendyll þat ran so ȝarne.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)130a : A Tryndyll [Monson: Tryndelle] of a webster: Infusillus, troclea.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)137a : A Weffer tryndyll: Insubulus.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)696/13 : Troilia: a trindylle.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)453 : Hir Ene as a trendull turned full rounde.
c
- (1442) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 7114 : Pascal & Trendill lights, x d. ob.
- (1444) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 852 : Halso for a korde to the fante and a nodyr to the trendul, v d.
- (1446) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 855 : At estyr for the tryndal and the tapyr.
- (1450-52) Doc.in HMC Rep.5 App.520b : For wax bought for the trendyll hanging in the church of Lyde, before the high cross there 5 s. 9 d.
- (1459-60) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 4100 : For a croke to hang the Trendyll, vj d.
- (1465) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 4103 : Received..of Jone Waltrys for candels to the trendel, j d.
d
- a1333 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Add 46919:Koch)p.76 : Trendle: Plater.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)81/34 : Þe vtilite why þat þer is a trindel oþer a knoppe on þe knee is be cause þat it schulde kepe þe ioynte fro diseses.
- ?a1425 Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)82/10 : Þer is a difference..in sitting and in pocicioun..In þe knee be cause off þe trindel þer off, þe whirlebone þat is aboue þe knee, þe whiche summe men clepen þe yȝe of þe knee.
- (1440) Invent.in Scrope Castle Combe230 : Item, a trendell with iij bushell of whete malt.
e
- (1177) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames354 : Ernald Trendel.
- (1203) EPNSoc.8 (Dev.)56 : Trenlesho.
- (1227) EPNSoc.2 (Bck.)195 : Trindele.
- (1242) EPNSoc.8 (Dev.)56 : Trendelesho.
- (1293) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)591 : Trendelmedwe.
- (1309) EPNSoc.8 (Dev.)309 : Trendelwell.
- (1327) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10122 : Johne ate Trandle.
- (1327) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 10122 : Johne Trandelman.
- (1345) EPNSoc.18 (Mid.)200 : Trendlehope.
- (1348) EPNSoc.15 (Hrt.)256 : Trendelhul.
- (1410) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)591 : Trendylfen.
- (1484) EPNSoc.9 (Dev.)691 : Trendelham.