warling en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wers-der. Proto-Germanic *werzaną Proto-West Germanic *werʀan Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *-u Frankish *werʀubor. Early Medieval Latin werra Old Northern French guerreder. Old English werre Middle English werre English war English -ling English warling From war + -ling.
Meanings
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(obsolete) One often quarreled with.
[I]t is better to be / An old mans derling than a yong mans werling.
1546, John Heywood, chapter VII, in Julian Sharman, editor, The Proverbs of John Heywood. […], London: George Bell and Sons, […], published 1874, →OCLC, part II, page 138:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| warlings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |