earsling
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Contents
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Old English
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Adverb
1.3.1
Synonyms
1.3.2
References
Old English
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Etymology
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From
ears
+
-ling
(
“
adverbial suffix
”
)
.
Pronunciation
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IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈæ͜ɑr.slinɡ/
,
[ˈæ͜ɑrˠ.zliŋɡ]
Adverb
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earsling
(used exclusively in the phrase
on
earsling
)
backwards
, on or onto the
back
Synonyms
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bæcling
References
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Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (
1898
) “EARS-LING”, in
An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
[1]
, 2nd edition, Oxford:
Oxford University Press
.
Categories
:
Old English terms suffixed with -ling
Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
Old English lemmas
Old English adverbs
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