Seemed to be

• Sought entrance, in a way
• Used a bell
• "You ___?" (Lurch's question on "The Addams Family")
• Used the doorbell
• Knelled
• Phoned or sounded a bell
• Played the triangle
• "You _____?"
• Heralded

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
past tense of ring (v.1). Middle English, by analogy of sang / sing , etc.