gangreln.adj.

Brit.

/ˈɡaŋɡrəl/, U.S.

/ˈɡæŋɡrəl/

Forms: late Middle English 1600s– gangrel, 1500s–1600s gangrell, 1500s–1600s gangrill, 1600s gangerell, 1600s gangril; English regional (chiefly northern) 1700s gangerelt, 1700s–1800s gangrill, 1700s– gangerill, 1800s gangeral, 1800s gangral, 1800s– gangeril, 1800s– gangril; Scottish pre-1700 gangarall, pre-1700 gangerall, pre-1700 gangral, pre-1700 1700s gangrell, 1700s 1900s– gangril, 1700s– gangrel, 1800s gangeral, 1800s gangerel, 1800s gyangrel.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gang v.¹, -rel suffix.

Etymology: Probably < gang v.¹ + -rel suffix. Compare later gangling adj.² With sense A. 2 compare also gagrill n.There is probably no direct connection with Middle High German gengelære wanderer (German †Gängler packman, pedlar) < gängeln to wander, walk about ( < gangen gang v.¹ + -eln -le suffix). There is no evidence to suggest a connection (other than that both are ultimately formations on cognates of gang v.¹) with the name Gangleri in Norse mythology.

A. n.

1. Chiefly English regional (northern) and Scottish. A wandering beggar; a vagrant; a wanderer, a walker; a pedlar.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar

beggara1250

bidder1362

mendinantc1395

mendivaunt1395

craver1406

thigger1424

gangrela1450

mendicant1474

mendiant1483

eremite1495

Lazarus?a1513

truandals1523

bellyterc1540

clapperdudgeon1567

beggar-man1608

maunder1609

maunderer1611

Abraham cove1612

eleemosynary1643

mumpera1652

jockey1685

progger1685

asker1708

thigster1710

prog1828

shooler1830

cadger1851

panhandler1893

Weary Willie1896

schlepper1901

plinger1904

peg-legger1915

tapper1930

clochard1940

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wanderer

striker1393

roamerc1400

wandererc1440

whirlerc1440

gangrela1450

fluttererc1450

straggler1530

gadlinga1542

ranger1560

rover1568

fugitive1570

rangler1575

fleeter1581

extravagant1583

scatterling1590

vagranta1592

rambler1624

erratic1669

stravaiger1821

multivagant1895

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp

harlot?c1225

raikera1400

vacabond1404

vagrant1444

gangrela1450

briber?c1475

palliard1484

vagabondc1485

rogue1489

wavenger1493

hermit1495

gaberlunzie1508

knight of the field1508

loiterer1530

straggler1530

runagate1534

ruffler1535

hedge-creeper1548

Abraham man1567

cursitor1567

runner1567

walker1567

tinker1575

traveller1598

Tartar1602

stravagant1606

wagand1614

Circumcellion1623

meechera1625

hedge-bird1631

gaberlunzie man1649

tramp1664

stroller1681

jockey1685

bird of passage1717

randy1724

tramper1760

stalko1804

vagabondager1813

rintherout1814

piker1838

pikey1838

beachcomber1840

roadster1851

vagabondizer1860

roustabout1862

bum1864

migratory1866

potter1867

sundowner1868

vag1868

walkabout1872

transient1877

Murrumbidgee whaler1878

rouster1882

run-the-hedge1882

whaler1883

shaughraun1884

heather-cat1886

hobo1889

tussocker1889

gay cat1893

overlander1898

stake-man1899

stiff1899

bindle-stiff1900

dingbat1902

stew-bum1902

tired Tim (also Timothy)1906

skipper1925

Strandlooper1927

knight of the road1928

hobohemian1936

plain turkey1955

scrub turkey1955

derro1963

jakey1988

crusty1990

a1450 (?1348) R. Rolle Form of Living (Cambr.) in Eng. Writings (1931) 106 Gangrels and jangelers, and kepers of comers and gangars arely & late.

1530 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 130 That na strangearis nor gangerallis cum within the samyn.

a1605 Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 772 Gleyd gangrell, auld mangrell.

1635 A. Gil Sacred Philos. Holy Script. vii. xxxii. 92 When all charity is put only in the maintenance of idlenesse and begging Gangrels.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 3 Take yet another gangrell by the hand; As gryt's my mister, an' my duds as bair.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Gangrills, people going about the country, pedlars.

1841 C. Gray Lays & Lyrics 24 The Gangerel, on his timmer pegs, Wha, through the day, for aumos begs.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 67 Gangerill, a pedlar, a beggar.

1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags 329 Out on you, gangrel.

1917 T. W. Paterson Wyse-sayin's xxxi. 20 But, for a' that, she's an open-hairtit body to the puir, An', e'en to gangrels, she's kent to hae a raxin haun.

1981 T. C. Boyle Water Music (1983) iii. 365 A born fool, his father would have said, a brattlin' gowk, a randie gangrel.

2003 Scots Mag. Feb. 150/2 Hill gangrels should take time to linger in the old pass.

†2. English regional (northern) and Scottish. A toad. Cf. gagrill n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > toad

pad?a1160

frouda1200

podea1325

boterel1340

paddocka1425

frog1440

paddoc1480

crapaud1481

gangrel?a1513

hedge-frog1580

frog-paddock1651

hop-toad1827

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 113 Schou is tute mowitt lyk an aep, And lyk a gangarall onto graep.

a1525 Contempl. Synnaris l. 544 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 206 Ffor [=in place of] gold gangrellis [1499 de Worde toodes] sall be yi gay garment.

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Gangrill, or Gangerill, A toad.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I. 391/2 Gangril, a toad.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 67 Gangerill, a pedlar, a beggar, a toad.

3. A lanky, loose-jointed person or animal. Cf. gangling adj.² 1. Now rare (English regional (northern) in later use).figurative in quot. 1582.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > and thinness > person

lungis1572

gangrel1582

slangrel1592

maypole1600

slangam1611

mackerel-back1674

spider-catcher1699

gilly-gaupus?1719

tangle1778

beanpole1798

windlestraw1818

lankyc1863

narrowback1921

leptosome1931

string-bean1936

streak1941

1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xxi. 152 S, betwene two vowells, is a maruellous deputie for, z, and therefor wold haue som handsom note, which will fall somwhat vnhandsomlie, the, ſ, being such a gangrell, onelesse the streight accent maie be conuenientlie set within the vpper bought, whereof, f, hath the like, thorow his verie hart.

1606 P. Holland in tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars Annot. 36* Ajax..unto whom or to whose long pike rather, he likeneth this gangrell.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Trente-costes, a gangerell, slimme, long luske, lanke loobie.

1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. at Lungis A slim slowback, dreaming lusk or drowsie gangril.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Gangrel..a tall ill-shaped Fellow.

1873 J. Harland Gloss. Words Swaledale Gangrel, an awkward fellow.

1884 Upton-on-Severn Gloss. Gangril, a lanky, ungainly creature, whether man or beast.

†4. Scottish. A child just beginning to walk. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 6 Helenore, a gangrel now was grown, And had begun to toddle about the town.

1852 Banffshire Jrnl. 2 Mar. Lat gangrel bairns be toddlers' haul, An' the stalwart help the frail.

1884 D. Grant Lays & Legends of North 11 I min' the little'n weel, A gyangrel at his mither's fit, When we were at the skweel.

B. adj.

1. Chiefly English regional (northern) and Scottish. Vagabond, vagrant; wandering.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a vagabond or tramp

vagrant1461

loiteringa1533

way-walkinga1535

roguing1566

roguish1572

vagabondical1576

vagabond1585

vagabondinga1586

land-loping1587

vagrom1600

leap-land1614

vagabondial1615

vaguea1627

gangrel1650

vagabondious1661

going1737

gang-there-out1815

tramping1828

vagabondizing1830

pikey1838

beachcombing1845

runagate1877

going-about1886

bummy1890

1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 457 His wife for povertie turned ane gangrell poore woman, selling some small wares.

1776 C. Keith Farmer's Ha' 15 There's mony sturdy gangril chiel That might be winnin meat fu' well, And claes an a'.

?a1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 195 A merry core O' randie, gangrel bodies.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. iii. 39 He's nae gentleman..wad grudge twa gangrel puir bodies the shelter o' a waste house.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 40 This gangrel thief thought fit to tread The grass to mammocks by my head.

1895 S. R. Crockett Sweetheart Trav. 93 Without troubling about suspicious gangrel bodies.

1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xi. 179 ‘There was a gangrel body sleepit ae nicht in the loft,’ says she.

1936 Aberdeen Univ. Rev. Mar. 115 A gangrel wife, her pyock upon her back.

2000 M. Fitt But n Ben A-go-go xx. 158 ‘Trustin thae gangrel bodies wi yir life.’

2. Lanky, loose-jointed.In later usage probably influenced by Tolkien's use in the work cited in quot. 1954.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [adjective] > and thin

maypolea1635

gangrel1650

gangling1764

tanglec1817

lanky1818

langrel1847

weedy1849

spindled1855

tangly1855

rangy1857

lanikin1862

gangly1871

orming1903

spiderish1935

leptosomic1936

leptosomatic1937

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 10 A long gangrel neck, which would have made the head look as set upon a pole.

1758 Mr. Thomas Abridgem. Ainsworth's Dict. Latin Tongue I. at Tall A tall gangrel fellow, Longurio.

1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Two Towers iv. vi. 294 In all our words together you have not once spoken of your gangrel companion, and I let him be for the time.

1980 S. R. Donaldson Wounded Land xxi. 372 They had the stocky frames, gangrel limbs, blunt heads of Cavewights.

2003 News of World (Nexis) 14 Dec. It's not every day you catch up with a strange gangrel creature who dwells in the caves of Middle Earth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gangrel
释义	gangreln.adj. Brit. /ˈɡaŋɡrəl/, U.S. /ˈɡæŋɡrəl/ Forms: late Middle English 1600s– gangrel, 1500s–1600s gangrell, 1500s–1600s gangrill, 1600s gangerell, 1600s gangril; English regional (chiefly northern) 1700s gangerelt, 1700s–1800s gangrill, 1700s– gangerill, 1800s gangeral, 1800s gangral, 1800s– gangeril, 1800s– gangril; Scottish pre-1700 gangarall, pre-1700 gangerall, pre-1700 gangral, pre-1700 1700s gangrell, 1700s 1900s– gangril, 1700s– gangrel, 1800s gangeral, 1800s gangerel, 1800s gyangrel. Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gang v.¹, -rel suffix. Etymology: Probably < gang v.¹ + -rel suffix. Compare later gangling adj.² With sense A. 2 compare also gagrill n.There is probably no direct connection with Middle High German gengelære wanderer (German †Gängler packman, pedlar) < gängeln to wander, walk about ( < gangen gang v.¹ + -eln -le suffix). There is no evidence to suggest a connection (other than that both are ultimately formations on cognates of gang v.¹) with the name Gangleri in Norse mythology. A. n. 1. Chiefly English regional (northern) and Scottish. A wandering beggar; a vagrant; a wanderer, a walker; a pedlar. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar beggara1250 bidder1362 mendinantc1395 mendivaunt1395 craver1406 thigger1424 gangrela1450 mendicant1474 mendiant1483 eremite1495 Lazarus?a1513 truandals1523 bellyterc1540 clapperdudgeon1567 beggar-man1608 maunder1609 maunderer1611 Abraham cove1612 eleemosynary1643 mumpera1652 jockey1685 progger1685 asker1708 thigster1710 prog1828 shooler1830 cadger1851 panhandler1893 Weary Willie1896 schlepper1901 plinger1904 peg-legger1915 tapper1930 clochard1940 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wanderer striker1393 roamerc1400 wandererc1440 whirlerc1440 gangrela1450 fluttererc1450 straggler1530 gadlinga1542 ranger1560 rover1568 fugitive1570 rangler1575 fleeter1581 extravagant1583 scatterling1590 vagranta1592 rambler1624 erratic1669 stravaiger1821 multivagant1895 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp harlot?c1225 raikera1400 vacabond1404 vagrant1444 gangrela1450 briber?c1475 palliard1484 vagabondc1485 rogue1489 wavenger1493 hermit1495 gaberlunzie1508 knight of the field1508 loiterer1530 straggler1530 runagate1534 ruffler1535 hedge-creeper1548 Abraham man1567 cursitor1567 runner1567 walker1567 tinker1575 traveller1598 Tartar1602 stravagant1606 wagand1614 Circumcellion1623 meechera1625 hedge-bird1631 gaberlunzie man1649 tramp1664 stroller1681 jockey1685 bird of passage1717 randy1724 tramper1760 stalko1804 vagabondager1813 rintherout1814 piker1838 pikey1838 beachcomber1840 roadster1851 vagabondizer1860 roustabout1862 bum1864 migratory1866 potter1867 sundowner1868 vag1868 walkabout1872 transient1877 Murrumbidgee whaler1878 rouster1882 run-the-hedge1882 whaler1883 shaughraun1884 heather-cat1886 hobo1889 tussocker1889 gay cat1893 overlander1898 stake-man1899 stiff1899 bindle-stiff1900 dingbat1902 stew-bum1902 tired Tim (also Timothy)1906 skipper1925 Strandlooper1927 knight of the road1928 hobohemian1936 plain turkey1955 scrub turkey1955 derro1963 jakey1988 crusty1990 a1450 (?1348) R. Rolle Form of Living (Cambr.) in Eng. Writings (1931) 106 Gangrels and jangelers, and kepers of comers and gangars arely & late. 1530 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 130 That na strangearis nor gangerallis cum within the samyn. a1605 Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 772 Gleyd gangrell, auld mangrell. 1635 A. Gil Sacred Philos. Holy Script. vii. xxxii. 92 When all charity is put only in the maintenance of idlenesse and begging Gangrels. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 3 Take yet another gangrell by the hand; As gryt's my mister, an' my duds as bair. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Gangrills, people going about the country, pedlars. 1841 C. Gray Lays & Lyrics 24 The Gangerel, on his timmer pegs, Wha, through the day, for aumos begs. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 67 Gangerill, a pedlar, a beggar. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags 329 Out on you, gangrel. 1917 T. W. Paterson Wyse-sayin's xxxi. 20 But, for a' that, she's an open-hairtit body to the puir, An', e'en to gangrels, she's kent to hae a raxin haun. 1981 T. C. Boyle Water Music (1983) iii. 365 A born fool, his father would have said, a brattlin' gowk, a randie gangrel. 2003 Scots Mag. Feb. 150/2 Hill gangrels should take time to linger in the old pass. †2. English regional (northern) and Scottish. A toad. Cf. gagrill n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > toad pad?a1160 frouda1200 podea1325 boterel1340 paddocka1425 frog1440 paddoc1480 crapaud1481 gangrel?a1513 hedge-frog1580 frog-paddock1651 hop-toad1827 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 113 Schou is tute mowitt lyk an aep, And lyk a gangarall onto graep. a1525 Contempl. Synnaris l. 544 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 206 Ffor [=in place of] gold gangrellis [1499 de Worde toodes] sall be yi gay garment. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Gangrill, or Gangerill, A toad. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I. 391/2 Gangril, a toad. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 67 Gangerill, a pedlar, a beggar, a toad. 3. A lanky, loose-jointed person or animal. Cf. gangling adj.² 1. Now rare (English regional (northern) in later use).figurative in quot. 1582. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > and thinness > person lungis1572 gangrel1582 slangrel1592 maypole1600 slangam1611 mackerel-back1674 spider-catcher1699 gilly-gaupus?1719 tangle1778 beanpole1798 windlestraw1818 lankyc1863 narrowback1921 leptosome1931 string-bean1936 streak1941 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xxi. 152 S, betwene two vowells, is a maruellous deputie for, z, and therefor wold haue som handsom note, which will fall somwhat vnhandsomlie, the, ſ, being such a gangrell, onelesse the streight accent maie be conuenientlie set within the vpper bought, whereof, f, hath the like, thorow his verie hart. 1606 P. Holland in tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars Annot. 36* Ajax..unto whom or to whose long pike rather, he likeneth this gangrell. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Trente-costes, a gangerell, slimme, long luske, lanke loobie. 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. at Lungis A slim slowback, dreaming lusk or drowsie gangril. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Gangrel..a tall ill-shaped Fellow. 1873 J. Harland Gloss. Words Swaledale Gangrel, an awkward fellow. 1884 Upton-on-Severn Gloss. Gangril, a lanky, ungainly creature, whether man or beast. †4. Scottish. A child just beginning to walk. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 6 Helenore, a gangrel now was grown, And had begun to toddle about the town. 1852 Banffshire Jrnl. 2 Mar. Lat gangrel bairns be toddlers' haul, An' the stalwart help the frail. 1884 D. Grant Lays & Legends of North 11 I min' the little'n weel, A gyangrel at his mither's fit, When we were at the skweel. B. adj. 1. Chiefly English regional (northern) and Scottish. Vagabond, vagrant; wandering. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a vagabond or tramp vagrant1461 loiteringa1533 way-walkinga1535 roguing1566 roguish1572 vagabondical1576 vagabond1585 vagabondinga1586 land-loping1587 vagrom1600 leap-land1614 vagabondial1615 vaguea1627 gangrel1650 vagabondious1661 going1737 gang-there-out1815 tramping1828 vagabondizing1830 pikey1838 beachcombing1845 runagate1877 going-about1886 bummy1890 1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 457 His wife for povertie turned ane gangrell poore woman, selling some small wares. 1776 C. Keith Farmer's Ha' 15 There's mony sturdy gangril chiel That might be winnin meat fu' well, And claes an a'. ?a1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 195 A merry core O' randie, gangrel bodies. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. iii. 39 He's nae gentleman..wad grudge twa gangrel puir bodies the shelter o' a waste house. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 40 This gangrel thief thought fit to tread The grass to mammocks by my head. 1895 S. R. Crockett Sweetheart Trav. 93 Without troubling about suspicious gangrel bodies. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xi. 179 ‘There was a gangrel body sleepit ae nicht in the loft,’ says she. 1936 Aberdeen Univ. Rev. Mar. 115 A gangrel wife, her pyock upon her back. 2000 M. Fitt But n Ben A-go-go xx. 158 ‘Trustin thae gangrel bodies wi yir life.’ 2. Lanky, loose-jointed.In later usage probably influenced by Tolkien's use in the work cited in quot. 1954. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [adjective] > and thin maypolea1635 gangrel1650 gangling1764 tanglec1817 lanky1818 langrel1847 weedy1849 spindled1855 tangly1855 rangy1857 lanikin1862 gangly1871 orming1903 spiderish1935 leptosomic1936 leptosomatic1937 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 10 A long gangrel neck, which would have made the head look as set upon a pole. 1758 Mr. Thomas Abridgem. Ainsworth's Dict. Latin Tongue I. at Tall A tall gangrel fellow, Longurio. 1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Two Towers iv. vi. 294 In all our words together you have not once spoken of your gangrel companion, and I let him be for the time. 1980 S. R. Donaldson Wounded Land xxi. 372 They had the stocky frames, gangrel limbs, blunt heads of Cavewights. 2003 News of World (Nexis) 14 Dec. It's not every day you catch up with a strange gangrel creature who dwells in the caves of Middle Earth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1450
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