medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Marjorie Greene
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> Here's another Francophile response. The word "rideau" (curtain) immediately popped into my mind. Kit's suggestion sounds plausible.
Although the question proper has been answered, I thought I'd pass
along confirmation that Marjorie's philological instincts were
correct. From the OED:
< Anglo-Norman and Middle French ridel (French rideau) curtain (1373
or earlier; earlier currency is probably implied by examples as a
vernacular word in a Latin context (see below) and by the
post-classical Latin nouns cited below) < rider to pleat (French
rider; late 12th cent. in Old French, earliest in past participle
ridé; probably < the Germanic base of [writhe v.^1]) + -el [-el
suffix^2]. Compare post-classical Latin ridellus (frequently from
c1266 in British sources; also as ridella, ridellum, redella,
redellus).
There's more information s.v., primarily citations, with the most
recent from 2002 (from the _Church Times_).
John
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> > --- On Sat, 9/3/11, Dr Jim Bugslag <[log in to unmask]> wrote in part:
D.R. Dendy, in his book
> >> The Use of Lights in Christian Worship, uses the word
> >> "riddel". ... Does anyone know precisely what it
> >> means?
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John McChesney-Young ** Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
JMcCYoung~at~gmail.com ** http://twitter.com/jmccyoung **
http://jmccyoung.blogspot.com/
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