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gadling

noun
/ˈɡæd.lɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English gadelyng (“companion in arms; man, fellow; a person of low birth; rascal, scoundrel; bastard; base, lowborn”), gadeling (“vagabond”), from Old English geaduling, gædeling (“kinsman, fellow, companion in arms, comrade”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaduling, from Proto-Germanic *gadulingaz, *gadilingaz (“relative, kinsman”), equivalent to gad + -ling. Related to Old English ġegada (“comrade, companion”).

  1. inherited from *gadulingaz✻
  2. inherited from *gaduling✻
  3. inherited from geaduling
  4. inherited from gadelyng — “companion in arms; man, fellow; a person of low birth; rascal, scoundrel; bastard; base, lowborn”

Definitions

  1. A companion in arms

    A companion in arms; fellow; comrade.

    • Gedlyngis, I am a fulle grete wat, […]

  2. A roving vagabond

    A roving vagabond; one who roams.

    • I'm delighted to see you. You're as brown, my gadling, as though you had returned from another journey to the East with Jean de Village.

  3. A man of humble condition

    A man of humble condition; a fellow; a low fellow; lowborn. Originally comrade or companion in a good sense, but later used in reproach.

    • “Pest on him!” said De Aquila. “I have more to do than to shiver in the Great Hall for every gadling the King sends. Left he no word?”
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A spike on a gauntlet

      A spike on a gauntlet; a gad.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA