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- Middle English · derived fromhedlong
- English todayheadlong
From Middle English hedlong, alteration of hedling, heedling, hevedlynge (“headlong”), assimilated to long. More at headling.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
headlong
head·longToday it means: With the head first or down. Full definition →
Middle English hedlong