gyngle
Middle English
Alternative forms
- gyngel, gingille
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Verb
gyngle
- To jingle
- [1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D) (in Middle English), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio iv, recto:
- And whan he rood, men myghte his brydel heere
Gynglen in a whistlynge wynd als cleere- And when he rode, you could hear his bridle
jingle in a whistling wind as clearly]
- And when he rode, you could hear his bridle