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Rendale, -dall, -dell, n. and adv. Also: ran-; Rentall. [Orkney and Shetland form, corresponding to Rindale. Also in the later dial. of Shetland as rental, -el or as rendall, -ell in rigga-rendal.] Rundale. = Rindale, Rundal(e.In collocation with rig, in various constructions.(In) (rin)rig (and) rendale, rig in rendale, rendale rigs, a kind of land use, found in Orkney and Shetland, in which ‘the tenants held their land in a number of rigs and strips or patches scattered amongst those of their neighbours, or sometimes in individual groups of rigs’ A. Fenton The Northern Isles (1978) 41. See also Rig n. 4.a. noun 1519 Rec. Earld. Orkney 93.
Nor na wtheris lyis in rinrig [ed. curig] nor rendell girse pairk nor wair pairt 1523 Ib. 207.
Twa merkis of laund liand in Burnes … in rig rendale with the landis that [etc.] 1610 Ib. 183.
The peceabill … occupatioun of his pairt … of the balkis in Mirkbuster, conforme to the rendale rigis 1677 Sc. Hist. Rev. XVII 19.
Rendell 1683 Ib. 29.
His corns lyeing rigg in rendall with uther mens', and not planked(b) 1605 Reg. Great S. 607/2.
The 4 merkland … pertening to the provest of Norroway lyand in rinrig and randell with the said 20 merklandattrib. 1605 Rec. Earld. Orkney 180.
To haiff … possessioun of the ferd fite of the thrie penie land in Grawis … of the rendall landb. adv. 1612 Orkney & Shetl. Ct. Bk. 18.
The twa merk uthall landis quhilk lay rig and rendall of befoir with and amangis the said James landis