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† rigaldn.Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Middle Low German. Perhaps a borrowing from Dutch. Perhaps from a proper name. Etymon: proper name Riga. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Probably either from or after a compound in Middle Low German or Middle Dutch showing as its second element Middle Low German holt or Middle Dutch hout timber (see holt n.1). Compare Middle Dutch riehout plank, lath (1343–5 as rijhout , a1377 as ryehout ; < rie , rye , rij lath, ruler, line, etc.: see row n.1) and also Middle Dutch rīghelhout (a1376; < rīghel lath, cross-beam, bolt (a1380); Dutch richel ; compare Middle Dutch rēgel plank, lath, ruler: see rail n.2), Middle Low German rēgelholt , rīgelholt horizontal beam, crossbar ( < Middle Low German rīgel , rēgel horizontal load-bearing timber, plank, cross-beam: see rail n.2), although none of these attested compounds corresponds closely with the English forms. It has alternatively been suggested that this word may be ultimately < the name of Riga (Middle Dutch Rijge , Middle Low German Rīge : see Riga n.1), with reference to the provenance of timber imported from the Baltic by the Hanseatic League (compare later Riga deal, Riga oak at Riga n.1 1), and an instance of Middle Dutch Rijges houts (plural; 1454), interpreted as a genitive compound containing the place name, has been cited in support of this argument; for further discussion, see L. F. Salzman Building in Eng. (new ed., 1967) 246) and B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1951) I. 82–3. The β. forms may also suggest remodelling by association with (or possibly direct borrowing < ) the simplex forms Middle Dutch rīghel , rēgel or Middle Low German richel , rīgel , rēgel (see above ). Compare post-classical Latin ribaldum (1310 in a British source), righoltum (1352 in a British source), ringoltum (1354 in a British source), regaltum (1357 in a British source). Compare also clapholt n., fatholt n.It is unclear whether the following show the Middle English or the Latin word:1324–5 in N. S. B. Gras Early Eng. Customs Syst. (1918) 376 Idem Johannes pro iiii c de righolt', val. £iiii, [cust.] xii d.1344–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 544 In 7 Melis emp. pro Bracina et 14 Rigaldis, 5s. 9d.?c1357 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 560 In cc bord de Waynscot et c Reggalt' empt. apud Novum Castrum cum expens. cariancium 68 s. 8 d.1393 in L. T. Smith Exped. Prussia & Holy Land Earl Derby (1894) 157 Pro xxxiiij deles, xxxiiij s., pro vj regal., ij s.1415–16 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 406 In factura hostii Capituli scil. pro 12 rygald., 12s. Et pro ligaturis et clavis, 10s. 4d. Obsolete. society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > spar or pole α. 1327 in D. Yaxley (2003) 17 [Half a quarter] bord de riggeholt iiijs. ijd. 1344 in M. T. Löfvenberg (1946) 76 (MED) Waynscot, riggeholt, tunholt. 1399 in J. Raine (1859) 16 In sarracione meremii righolts et waynscots,..38 s. 10 d. 1460 in J. Raine (1859) 35 (MED) In sarracione meremii, ryghold, waynskott, per annum, ut patet per papirum fabricæ, 100 s. 10 d. 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. in (new ed.) I. 173 For ech hundreth of bowstaues & boords called Waghenscot, 2.d.; for euery hundreth of boords called Richolt, 4 d. β. 1369–70 Norwich Sacrist's Roll in at Rig-holt Pro tabula de rigold.1401–2 in J. T. Fowler (1901) III. 604 (MED) In 8 Rigaldez et 10 Waynscottez empt. pro hostiis orrii de Wyuestowe 6 s. 6 d.1410–12 in N. H. Nicolas (1847) II. 476 (MED) ii novelx lollers, v regaldes.1451 in J. Raine (1865) III. 99 (MED) j tabula mensalis debilis, de rigald iiij d.a1500 in N. S. B. Gras (1918) 193 (MED) Item, of an hundred waynscot or regald, ii d. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1327 |