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headling

headling

English

Noun

headling ‎(plural headlings)

  1. (obsolete, rare) An equal; a fellow; mate.
  2. (obsolete, rare) A chieftain.

Etymology 2

From Middle English hedling, heedling, hevedlynge ‎(“headlong”), equivalent to head +‎ -ling; and with adverbial genitive -s, -es, hedlinges, hedlynges, equivalent to headling +‎ -s. Cognate with Scots heidlingis ‎(“headlong”), Middle High German houbetlingen ‎(“headlong”).

Alternative forms

  • headlings

Adverb

headling ‎(comparative more headling, superlative most headling)

  1. Headlong; precipitately.

Etymology

From Middle English hedling, hevedling, from Old English hēafodling ‎(“an equal, fellow-servant”), equivalent to head +‎ -ling. Cognate with German Häuptling ‎(“chief, chieftain”).

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