Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Prov. Eng. A moat with water in it; also, a small stream; a runlet.
  • noun Prov. Eng. A circle.

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  • noun UK, dialect A circle.

Etymologies

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Compare rundle, roundel.

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Examples

  • Av idel jättestenar var dess rundel byggd, med dristig konst hopfogade, ett jätteverk för evigheten, templet i Uppsala likt, där Norden såg sitt Valhall i en jordisk bild.

    Fritiofs Saga Esaias Tegn��r 1814

  • Den ena som en ek sköt fram, 2 och som en lans är hennes stam; men kronan, som i vinden skälver, liksom en hjälm sin rundel välver.

    Fritiofs Saga Esaias Tegn��r 1814

  • Hög var den kopparstöpta port, och innanför två pelarrader uppå starka skulderblad uppburo valvets rundel, och han hang så skön utöver templet som en kupig sköld av guld.

    Fritiofs Saga Esaias Tegn��r 1814

  • Halliwell gives rundel as used with the same signification in England, and he gives ryn in the same sense from an old manuscript.] [Footnote 27: Juberous is in none of the vocabularies that I have seen.

    The Hoosier Schoolmaster Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902 1871

  • Halliwell gives _rundel_ as used with the same signification in England, and he gives _ryn_ in the same sense from an old manuscript.] [Footnote 27: _Juberous_ is in none of the vocabularies that I have seen.

    The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana Edward Eggleston 1869

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  • See also rundle.

    January 10, 2024