eorþling

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ierþling, yrþling, irþling

Etymology

From eorþe +‎ -ling.

Noun

eorþling m

  1. farmer, husbandman, ploughman.
  2. a cuckoo or lapwing.

Declension
Declension of eorþling (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative eorþling eorþlingas
accusative eorþling eorþlingas
genitive eorþlinges eorþlinga
dative eorþlinge eorþlingum

Descendants

References
  • irþling in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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