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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

‡RINGALODIE, n. Also -loadi; ringloadi, -lady (Sh. 1904 E.D.D.). In Sh. fishermen's taboo usage: a cooking-pot with a hooped or bow handle, esp. one hung on the Cruik (Sh. a.1888 E.D.D., 1914 Angus Gl., Sh. 1968). [rɪŋ(ga)′lodi]Sh. 1897 J. Jakobsen Dial. Sh. 30:
The kettle was called “de ring(a)loadi” or “honger”.Sh. 1899 J. Spence Folk-Lore 242:
Repairin' da bink an sortin' da ringalodie.

[Jak. presupposes a form *hring-loði from O.N. hringr, a ring (in the fire-links) + loða, to hang from, cling to, but the exact formation of this is not clear and it seems more probable that the word is a compound of Ringle, v., + Sh. Norn lodi, a loud noise, a din, hence = the clatterer or rattler. Cf. Rinkle, used of the sound of the pot-hoop (Jak.).]

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