greidil

a gridiron, Irish greidil, greideal, Middle Irish in t-slissin gretli, Sean. Mor. gretel, Welsh greidel, gradell, Old Welsh gratell; from Late Latin graticula, from cratis, wicker-work, English crate, grate, grill, hurdle. English griddle, Middle English gredel, are the same as the Celtic words. Skeat has suggested gread above as the orogin of the Celtic forms; cf. Irish greadóg, a griddle. Hence greidlean, an instrument for turning the bannocks on the griddle.