radel (c.1334)

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radel (c.1334)

[gdw]

[ FEW: *10,66a rapidus /*16,652b rad; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF:  rade 1 (radel); DMF: ; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
 
M.E. (?)

The lexeme, used to refer to Walbrook, a stream in London, is possibly a diminutive of rade1 (‘natural harbour’). Alternatively, it could be interpreted as a derivative of rade2 (‘fast-flowing’).

s.

1geog.stream, watercourse (?)
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  [...] pres du radel qi [...] Gallebroc estoit nomé, q’ore est dit Walebroc en Loundres  154.6
rade#1  rade#2 
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