Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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¶LOINYELL, v. To walk awkwardly as if the motion of the hip-joints were impeded, to hobble (Rxb. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XII. 138).
[A deriv. of Lunyie, the loins, with -le, freq. suffix. For sim. formations cf. hainchil s.v. Hainch, Hipple.]
