rindle1
/ˈrɪndl/(also rinnal, rinnel, rindel) Now chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern and north midl. )
noun
A small stream or watercourse; a brook; a runnel; (occasionally) a trickle of liquid.
Origin
Old English; earliest use found in The Vespasian Psalter. Probably a merging of two distinct but closely related Germanic base forms: (i) Old English rinnelle (weak feminine) stream, brook from an ablaut variant (e-grade) of the Germanic base of run + the Germanic base of -el; and (ii) Old English rynele (weak feminine) stream, brook, and rynel (strong masculine) stream, brook, also runner, messenger, both from an ablaut variant (zero-grade) of the Germanic base of run + the Germanic base of -el.
rindle2
/ˈrɪndl/Chiefly Scottish and English regional (north-west. ). Now rare
verb
[no object] Of a stream, etc.: to flow gently; to trickle.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Benjamin Brierley (1825–1896), writer. From rindle.