† tendlen.

Forms: Also 1800s tennle, tennel.

Etymology: A derivative of Old English tend-an, tind v. to kindle, light: perhaps a variant of tandle n. Compare also tindle n.

Obsolete or ? dialect.

1. In the 15th cent.: exact sense uncertain: perhaps (as suggested by editors of Destr. of Troy) ‘a splint of resinous wood used as a candle’; but perhaps rather = tandle n. a beacon-fire or bonfire.

ΚΠ

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6038 Brode firis & brem beccyn in þe ost, Torchis and tendlis the tenttes to light.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7353 Tore fyres in the tenttes, tendlis olofte!

2. In later use: (see quot. 1887).

ΚΠ

1887 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) Tendle, Tennle, Tennel, lit. Firewood; dried twigs, furze, scrub, &c., gathered for fuel. [No authority or locality given.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	tendle
释义	† tendlen. Forms: Also 1800s tennle, tennel. Etymology: A derivative of Old English tend-an, tind v. to kindle, light: perhaps a variant of tandle n. Compare also tindle n. Obsolete or ? dialect. 1. In the 15th cent.: exact sense uncertain: perhaps (as suggested by editors of Destr. of Troy) ‘a splint of resinous wood used as a candle’; but perhaps rather = tandle n. a beacon-fire or bonfire. ΚΠ c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6038 Brode firis & brem beccyn in þe ost, Torchis and tendlis the tenttes to light. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7353 Tore fyres in the tenttes, tendlis olofte! 2. In later use: (see quot. 1887). ΚΠ 1887 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) Tendle, Tennle, Tennel, lit. Firewood; dried twigs, furze, scrub, &c., gathered for fuel. [No authority or locality given.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1540
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