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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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RÜL, n. Also rull (Jak.); röl; røll (Jak.); rool (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.); roul; rowl. A young horse or pony, a year-old colt (Sh. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XII. 188, 1914 Angus Gl.), esp. one in the process of casting its coat, and freq. in comb. pellit rül (see Pell, v.1, 1.). [røl]Sh. 1836 Gentleman's Mag. II. 590:
Da nukkie o' his kepp büre stracht owr da hedd o' da rüll.Ork. 1884 R. M. Fergusson Rambles 163:
Twa marks o laund; that wad keep twa coos, and twa mares, an twa rools.Sh. 1908 Old-Lore Misc. I. vi. 226:
A “rül” is a young pony, and if the poor thing has been wandering afield all winter, starved of cold and hunger, he becomes so weak he is unable to cast the dreggled bunches of his thick winter coat which hangs about him in forlorn “pells.”Sh. 1931 Shetland Times (14 March) 7:
An aald rö o' a pellit rül.
