Middle English Dictionary Entry
wī̆ndel n.(4)
Entry Info
| Forms | wī̆ndel n.(4) Also windelle, windil(le. |
| Etymology | Perh. from ON (cp. OI vindla to wind up, & cp. MScot. vyndland ppl. derived from it) or MDu. windelen; also cp. OE: cp. windel-stān tower with a winding staircase, bi-windla a hedge or border, hring-gewindla a sphere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. wind(e n. (b).
1.
In cpds. and combs.: yarn (garn) ~, a wooden reel from which a hank or thread of yarn may be wound into a ball, a yarn-winder; yarn (garn) ~ blade, one of the crossed arms of a yarn-winder.
Associated quotations
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Arun 220)p.157 : A wudres [glossed:] a yar-wyndel.
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)547 : Serence, lussel et voydere: Hechele, clewen, ʒarewyndul.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)188 : Garwyndylle [Win: Garywyndyl, or ʒarnwyndyl]: Girgillus.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)536 : Ʒarne wyndel, or gawyndel [Win: ʒarwyndyl]: Girgillus.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)53b : A garne qweyll or a ʒarnwyndyll [Monson: a Garwyndelle]: girgillus, devolutorium.
- a1500 Mayer Nominale (Mayer)695/35 : Nirgilium: a par garnwyndilblades.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)794/33 : Virgillus: a yerwyndylleblad.