A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rinel, -ol, n. Also: ryn-. [ME ryneil (a1325), rinel (north., c1400), e.m.E. ryndel (1547), runnell (1577), OE rinnelle, rynele fem., rynel masc. f. rin- Rin v.1] A small watercourse or stream; a runnel or gutter. —1494 Loutfut MS 18b.
Sua com thai and discendit ane montaigne and besid the ryuere thai fand the rynellis 1507 Aberd. B. Rec. I 436.
That nay litstaris … nor craftismen sale wesche thair … stuf in the comon rinolis [ed. riuolis], loche nor watteris 1508
Ib. 78.
The … common rinelis [ed. riuelis] of the toune
