† ˈbretheling Obs.
Also briþeling, brotheling.
[f. brethel + -ing: cf. athel-ing.]
= brethel.
| c 1275 O.E. Misc. 184 Þral vnbuxsum, Aþeling briþeling, Lond wiðute laȝe. c 1320 Syr Bevis 2067 Beues wente alse a bretheling. c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 164 Our princes..seyd, that her king Nas bot a bretheling. ? 15.. in Furniv. Percy Folio I. 426 Their young king was but a brotherlinge. |