measlings, n. pl. Obs. exc. dial.
(ˈmiːzlɪŋz)
Also 4 maselinges, 7 meslings, 9 mezlings, mizzlings. (See E.D.D.)
[Early ME. maselinges, f. (? Eng. or LG.) masel measle n. + -ing1. Cf. Da. mæslinger pl. (recorded from the 16th c.), Sw. messling, mäsling, mod.Icel. mislingar pl., measles.
The formation has not been found exc. in Eng. and in Scandinavian; it is unlikely to have arisen independently in those two branches of Teut.; it may have belonged to early MLG., and thence have passed into Eng. and Da.]
The measles.
| c 1300 Gloss W. de Bibbesw. (MS. Camb.) in Wright Voc. 161 Rugeroles [glossed] maselinges [c 1325 MS. Arundel 220 maseles]. 1671 Skinner Etymol. Ling. Angl. I. ii, Meslings, vox agro Linc. usitatissima..vide Measels. 1890 Syd. Soc. Lex., Measlings, measles. |