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Middle English hedlinges

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Middle English · inherited fromhedlinges
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From Middle English hedlinges, hedlynges, equivalent to headling + -s. Cognate with Scots heidlingis (“headlong”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.