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Kindil(l, v. Also: kyndil(l, -yll, -el(l, kind-, kyndle. [ME. kinndlenn (Orm), kindel, -le, also kundle, appar. f. ON. kynda to kindle. A common Sc. var. is Kendil(l.] To kindle, in lit. and fig. uses.

1. tr. To set fire to, set on fire, ignite; fig., to inflame, arouse, excite (a person, his feelings, etc.). a. lit. b. fig.a (1) c1420 Wynt. iii. 948 (C).
[He] gert … stek the dure … And kyndil [W. kyndillit] fyre Ib. v. 2424.
Kyndyll he gert be a gret fyre 1513 Doug. ii. i. 46.
Capis … Bad … kyndill tharvndir flambe of fyris hait Ib. vi. 72. Ib. 68.
Our al the cite, kyndillit in flambis hait Ib. vii. i. 101.
Kyng Latinus kyndillis … The clene schidis of the dry fyre brandis 1533 Boece xiii. iii. 499 b.
Ane threde … apoun the end of the quhilk is kindillit ane litill spunk of fyre a1578 Pitsc. I. 312/9.
Ane baxter … brocht his armefull of stray and caist in to kindill the fyre 1621 Perth Kirk S. 301.
Any that will kindle an ingle therein that want chimneys 1623 Chron. Perth 92.
In kindling ingill to his furnace on Sunday(2) 1513 Doug. ii. vi. 64.
Synon … kyndilland euer on The new fyris a1540 Freiris Berw. 245 (B).
He bad the madin kindill on the [v.r. ane] fyreb (1) 1513 Doug. i. x. 7.
Within hir banys greyn The hoyt fyre of lufe to kyndill and steir(2) c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 522.
The sueit sawour … Myght … kindill agane his [anyone's] curage thocht it wer cald sloknyt 1513 Doug. iv. ii. 2.
The spreit of Dido queyn, The quhilk tofor in lufe wes kyndlyt grene, Now al in fyre the flambe of lufe furth blesis Ib. ix. viii. 15.
Ilk capitane … gan thar [the men's] curage kyndill in ire to fyght Ib. 99.
As scho thus kyndillis sorow and wo 1533 Boece i. vi. 45 b.
Ambition of oure impire … has kindillit ȝow to batell 1551 Hamilton Cat. 14.
Our hartis ar kyndlit in fervent … lufe of God Ib. 109.
Than the concupiscence kindillit, kindillis and provokis the toung to sa mekil evil a1578 Pitsc. I. 38/10.
Lest it sould … kindill greatter haitrent nor ewer was amangis ws Ib. 75/18.
Manis Reidman … bowndit and kindlit witht this disadwantage and … ire

c. fig. To cause to glow like fire. 1513 Doug. xii. ii. 32.
The fervent fyre of schame rysys on hie, Kyndland mar large the red culloryt bewte

2. intr. To catch fire; to blaze up; fig., to be aroused or inflamed. a. lit. b. fig.a. 1513 Doug. ii. xi. 9.
The leym of fyre and flambe … In his haris … Kyndyllis vp brycht Ib. vii. i. 107. 1531 Bell. Boece I. xlvii.
The wosp [of straw] kindellis in ane bleisb. c1500-c1512 Dunb. Twa Mar. W. 94.
Quhen kisses me that carybald, than kyndillis all my sorow Id. xlvii. 2.
Trew luvis fyre is ay kindilland 1513 Doug. xii. v. 122.
Hait in ire the hartis kyndillis of euery bald sire Ib. xiv. 141.
All full of furor kyndlys he in hy 1567 Sat. P. iv. 28.
Hir lecherous luife, quhilk kindlit ouer hait, Cauld hes it cuild