Middle English Dictionary Entry
trinkelen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | trinkelen v. |
| Etymology | From triklen v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To trickle; also in a nonsense passage.
Associated quotations
- c1430 Chaucer CT.Sum.(Cmb Gg.4.27)D.1864 : Vp I ros & al oure couent ek, With manye a tere trynkelynge [Heng: triklyng] on myn cheke.
- a1500 MSerm.Mol.(Adv 19.3.1)84 : 'A revette boot trynkele' seyd the sotur, when he boot of is wyfe thombe harde be the elbow.