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wirling Now Sc. or dial. (ˈwɜːlɪŋ) Forms: 4–6 wyrling, 5–6 wirling, (5 wirlyng, wyrlyng(e, worling, 6 worlin, 9 Sc. wurlyon). See also urling2. [Origin unknown.] A term of abuse = ‘wretch’; in mod. dial. use, a dwarfish or puny creature.13.. Metr. Hom. (Vernon MS.) in Herrig Archiv LVII. 270 Crist, ...
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warling
† ˈwarling Obs. Forms: 6 werlyng, 7 worling, worldling, 7– warling. [app. formed arbitrarily to rhyme with darling. The resemblance to the Sc. wirling seems to be accidental.] One who is despised or disliked. Only in the proverb (see quots.) and allusively. In the proverb snarling is sometimes subst...
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urling
▪ I. † ˈurling1 Obs.—1 [See urle v.1 and -ing1; cf. orle.] The border, hem, or edge of a garment.a 1300 E.E. Psalter cxxxii. 2 Als þe smerle..Þat doune falles in vrlinge [L. in ora] Of him, þat es þe klethinge.▪ II. ˈurling2 north. dial. variant of wirling.1691 Ray N.C. Words 78 An Urling, a little ...
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wanworth
ˈwanworth, a. and n. Sc. (See Eng. Dial. Dict.) [f. wan- + worth a. and n.] a. adj. Worthless. b. n. ‘An undervalue’ (Jam.).17.. Ramsay Dunbar's Flyting in Evergreen II. 57 Worlin wanworth [the original has Forworthin wirling]. a 1774 Fergusson Poems (1789) II. 88 The Council winna lack sae meikle g...
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yrle
† yrle Sc. Obs. [Cf. north. dial. urling, yurlin, and wurlin, wirling.] A dwarfish person.1508 Kennedie Flyting w. Dunbar 38 Wan-fukkit funling, that natour maid ane yrle.
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