Arseling

adv

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Backwards. East-Anglia, Scotland, UK, dialectal, especially, not-comparable

Etymology

From Middle English *arsling, from Old English earsling (“backwards, on the back”). Cognate with Dutch aarzeling, aarzelings, German ärschling, ärschlings. By surface analysis, arse + -ling.

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