Etymology

edgeling

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Today it means: With the edge. Full definition →

Middle English eggelyng ← Old English eċġlinga
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromeċġlinga“on the edge”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromeggelyng
  3. English todayedgeling

From Middle English eggelyng, eghelynge (also eggelynges), from Old English eċġlinga (“on the edge”), equivalent to edge + -ling.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.