yarn-winder
, yarn + wind.
Searchable Lemmata: gearnwinde (OE), yarn (ME), winde (ME), yarn-winder (MdE), garnwindle (MdE), yarnwindle (MdE).
Alternate Forms: gernwindan, gernwinde, Ȝarn wyndel, Ȝarnewynder, Ȝarwyndyl, yarnewinde, yernwynder.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Manufacture;
a reel for winding yarn.(circa 1000 - circa 1400)
1. & fela towtola: flexlinan, spinle, reol, gearnwindan, stodlan, lorgas, presse, pihten, timplean, wifte, wefle, wulcamb, cip, amb, crancstæf, sceaðele, seamsticcan, scearra, nædle, slic.
[DOE LawGer (0021 (15.1)) circa 1000/1100]
6. [35] ... Et le virel en failli ... And þe wherwe lat nat fayle ... [36] ... To þe Reel 3ow by houyþ to go, And after 3e shulle go to þe 3arnewynder ... [37] ... Þe webestere, whanne worpyn [F parubble ad] she ... A non hyre tromez she wyndeþ vppe
[MED Femina ((Trin-C B.14.40) 35-37) circa 1400]
Sex: Male, Female Ceremonial: No
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Etymological Evidence:
Definite, Old English gearnwinde is a compound of gearn 'yarn' + winde < windan 'wind'. This gave the ME form garnwindle, yarnwindle, consisting of yarn + wind + instrumental suffix in -el (seen in many tool-names, e.g. spindle, needle); the form with -el suffix is likely to have existed in OE but is not attested. In late ME some forms show alteration to yarn-winder by association with the noun winder 'that which winds'; this is the most current form in Modern English, but yarnwindle survived in dialect to at least the nineteenth century.
WF: Compound
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