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twinling Now dial.|ˈtwɪnlɪŋ|
Forms: see twin; also 4–6 -lyng(e, -linge, 5 -lenge, 8 -lin; 5 twyndyllyng.
[ME., f. twin a. and n. + -ling1. Cf. in the same sense Norw. dial. tvinnling, MSw. and MDa. tvinling, NFris. twen-, twanling, MLG. twenneling, MHG. zwinlinch, zwineling, (OHG. zwiniling); also the reduced or variant forms Da., Sw., Norw. tvilling, WFris. twielling (twilling), MDu. twilinc, twēlinc (Du. tweeling), MLG. twēlinc, MHG. zwillinc (G. zwilling).]
= twin n. 1.
a1300Cursor M. 3445 (Cott.) Now sco bredes tua for ane, Tuinlinges [v.rr. tuynlinges, twynlynges, twinlinges]. 1382Wyclif Song Sol. iv. 5 Thi two tetes as two ȝunge capretes, twynlingus of the capret. c1430Chev. Assigne 27 Se ȝe þe ȝonder pore womman, how þat she is pyned With twynlenges two. 1483Cath. Angl. 399/1 A Twynlynge (A. Twyndyllyng), gemellus. 1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 81 Twinlings be twiggers. a1625Sir H. Finch Law (1636) 334 Two being found heires by one and the same title, whether twinlings..or diuerse men..found heires to the same auncestour. 1710D. Hilman Tusser Redivivus (1744) 8 In some part of Norfolk and Lincolnshire they will keep none but Twinlins.
b. attrib. = twin a. 3.
1573Twyne æneid. xii. L l ij, A priest..A younglings yelt or brestled sow, and twynlinge sheepe vntwight Bringes forth, and hales the beastes vnto the altars. |