barling

barling · noun¹

1. Middle English · derived frombar
2. Middle English · inherited from*barling
3. English todaybarling

From Middle English *barling, diminutive of Middle English bar, bor (“boar”), equivalent to boar + -ling. Compare Scots bar, bare, bair (“boar”).

barling · noun²

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*barō“beam, bar, barrier”
2. Old Norse · derived fromberlingr“bar, pole”
3. Middle English · inherited frombarling
4. English todaybarling

From Middle English barling, berling, from Old Norse berlingr (“bar, pole”) (found in berlings-áss (“bar, beam, plank, rail”)), a diminutive derived from Proto-Germanic *barō (“beam, bar, barrier”); equivalent to bar + -ling. Cognate with Swedish bärling (“pole, bar”).

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