† wirlingn.

Forms:

α. Middle English wirling, Middle English wirlyng, Middle English wyrlynge, Middle English–1500s wyrling, 1500s–1600s worling; Scottish pre-1700 wirling, pre-1700 worlin, pre-1700 worling, 1800s wirlin, 1800s wurlin, 1800s wurlyon; N.E.D. (1926) also records a form late Middle English wyrlyng.

β. English regional (northern) 1600s 1800s urling, 1700s orling, 1800s urpling, 1800s urlin; Scottish 1800s orlin, 1800s orling, 1800s urlin, 1800s yurlin.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. With the β. forms compare urled adj. and urle v.² N.E.D. (1926) gives the pronunciation as (wə̄·ɹliŋ) /ˈwɜːlɪŋ/.

Obsolete (chiefly Scottish or English regional (northern) in later use).

A puny or stunted person or creature; a despicable or contemptible person, a wretch. Also as a term of abuse. Cf. urling n.²

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused

warlockOE

swinec1175

beastc1225

wolf's-fista1300

avetrolc1300

congeonc1300

dirtc1300

slimec1315

snipec1325

lurdanc1330

misbegetc1330

sorrowa1350

shrew1362

jordan1377

wirlingc1390

frog?a1400

warianglea1400

wretcha1400

horcop14..

turdc1400

callet1415

lotterela1450

paddock?a1475

souter1478

chuff?a1500

langbain?c1500

cockatrice1508

sow1508

spink1508

wilrone1508

rook?a1513

streaker?a1513

dirt-dauber?1518

marmoset1523

babiona1529

poll-hatcheta1529

bear-wolf1542

misbegotten1546

pig1546

excrement1561

mamzer1562

chuff-cat1563

varlet1566

toada1568

mandrake1568

spider1568

rat1571

bull-beef1573

mole-catcher1573

suppository1573

curtal1578

spider-catcher1579

mongrela1585

roita1585

stickdirta1585

dogfish1589

Poor John1589

dog's facec1590

tar-boxa1592

baboon1592

pot-hunter1592

venom1592

porcupine1594

lick-fingers1595

mouldychaps1595

tripe1595

conundrum1596

fat-guts1598

thornback1599

land-rat1600

midriff1600

stinkardc1600

Tartar1600

tumbril1601

lobster1602

pilcher1602

windfucker?1602

stinker1607

hog rubber1611

shad1612

splay-foot1612

tim1612

whit1612

verdugo1616

renegado1622

fish-facea1625

flea-trapa1625

hound's head1633

mulligrub1633

nightmare1633

toad's-guts1634

bitch-baby1638

shagamuffin1642

shit-breech1648

shitabed1653

snite1653

pissabed1672

bastard1675

swab1687

tar-barrel1695

runt1699

fat-face1740

shit-sack1769

vagabond1842

shick-shack1847

soor1848

b1851

stink-pot1854

molie1871

pig-dog1871

schweinhund1871

wind-sucker1880

fucker1893

cocksucker1894

wart1896

so-and-so1897

swine-hound1899

motherfucker1918

S.O.B.1918

twat1922

mong1926

mucker1929

basket1936

cowson1936

zombie1936

meatball1937

shower1943

chickenshit1945

mugger1945

motherferyer1946

hooer1952

morpion1954

mother1955

mother-raper1959

louser1960

effer1961

salaud1962

gunk1964

scunge1967

the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person

dwarfeOE

congeonc1230

go-by-ground?a1300

smalla1300

shrimpc1386

griga1400

gruba1400

murche1440

nirvil1440

mitinga1450

witherling1528

wretchocka1529

elf1530

hop-o'-my-thumb1530

pygmy1533

little person1538

manikin1540

mankin1552

dandiprat1556

yrle1568

grundy1570

Jack Sprat1570

squall1570

manling1573

Tom Thumb1579

pinka1585

squib1586

screaling1594

giant-dwarf1598

twattle1598

agate1600

minimus1600

cock sparrow1602

dapperling1611

modicum1611

scrub1611

sesquipedalian1615

dwarflinga1618

wretchcock1641

homuncio1643

whip-handle1653

homuncule1656

whippersnapper1674

chitterling1675

sprite1684

carliea1689

urling1691

wirling1691

dwarf man1699

poppet1699

durgan1706

short-arse1706

tomtit1706

Lilliputian1726

wallydraigle1736

midge1757

minikin1761

squeeze-crab1785

minimum1796

niff-naff1808

titman1818

teetotum1822

squita1825

cradden1825

nyaff1825

weed1825

pinkeen1850

fingerling1864

Lilliput1867

thumbling1867

midget1869

inch1884

shorty1888

titch1888

skimpling1890

stub1890

scrap1898

pygmoid1922

lofty1933

peewee1935

smidgen1952

pint-size1954

pint-sized1973

munchkin1974

α.

c1390 (c1300) MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 270 (MED) Crist, his sone, God wolde not spare To beo fondet..And siþen slen him as wyrling.

a1450–1500 ( Libel Eng. Policy (1926) l. 716 (MED) God forebede that a wylde Yrishe wyrlynge Shulde be chosene for to be there kynge.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 1733 A selly nounbre Of wrichis & wirlingis.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 1706 A wirling, a wayryngle, a wawil-eȝid shrewe.

a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 206 Forworthin wirling I warne thé it is wittin How skyttand skarth thow hes thé hurle behind.

1623 G. de Malynes Center of Circle of Commerce iii. 44 Euen so haue all men (but most especially worlings looking downe wards with the Kite) an Action and feeling of their benefit and gaine.

1629 (a1598) A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Finlason) sig. B4 Sauing nixt how thae Nuns that worling [1621 Hart working; a1585 Tull. nirlend] sould name.

1819 J. Rennie St. Patrick II. xvi. 313 Haud abye! ye scruntet like wurlyon o' the pit.

β. 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 78 An Urling, a little dwarfish person.1807 J. Stagg Misc. Poems (new ed.) 91 Thou's a menceless urlin ista.1881 J. Sargisson Joe Scoap's Jurneh 107 He turnt on t'urlin noo at ah still held be t'neck.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wirling
释义	† wirlingn. Forms: α. Middle English wirling, Middle English wirlyng, Middle English wyrlynge, Middle English–1500s wyrling, 1500s–1600s worling; Scottish pre-1700 wirling, pre-1700 worlin, pre-1700 worling, 1800s wirlin, 1800s wurlin, 1800s wurlyon; N.E.D. (1926) also records a form late Middle English wyrlyng. β. English regional (northern) 1600s 1800s urling, 1700s orling, 1800s urpling, 1800s urlin; Scottish 1800s orlin, 1800s orling, 1800s urlin, 1800s yurlin. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. With the β. forms compare urled adj. and urle v.² N.E.D. (1926) gives the pronunciation as (wə̄·ɹliŋ) /ˈwɜːlɪŋ/. Obsolete (chiefly Scottish or English regional (northern) in later use). A puny or stunted person or creature; a despicable or contemptible person, a wretch. Also as a term of abuse. Cf. urling n.² ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > as abused warlockOE swinec1175 beastc1225 wolf's-fista1300 avetrolc1300 congeonc1300 dirtc1300 slimec1315 snipec1325 lurdanc1330 misbegetc1330 sorrowa1350 shrew1362 jordan1377 wirlingc1390 frog?a1400 warianglea1400 wretcha1400 horcop14.. turdc1400 callet1415 lotterela1450 paddock?a1475 souter1478 chuff?a1500 langbain?c1500 cockatrice1508 sow1508 spink1508 wilrone1508 rook?a1513 streaker?a1513 dirt-dauber?1518 marmoset1523 babiona1529 poll-hatcheta1529 bear-wolf1542 misbegotten1546 pig1546 excrement1561 mamzer1562 chuff-cat1563 varlet1566 toada1568 mandrake1568 spider1568 rat1571 bull-beef1573 mole-catcher1573 suppository1573 curtal1578 spider-catcher1579 mongrela1585 roita1585 stickdirta1585 dogfish1589 Poor John1589 dog's facec1590 tar-boxa1592 baboon1592 pot-hunter1592 venom1592 porcupine1594 lick-fingers1595 mouldychaps1595 tripe1595 conundrum1596 fat-guts1598 thornback1599 land-rat1600 midriff1600 stinkardc1600 Tartar1600 tumbril1601 lobster1602 pilcher1602 windfucker?1602 stinker1607 hog rubber1611 shad1612 splay-foot1612 tim1612 whit1612 verdugo1616 renegado1622 fish-facea1625 flea-trapa1625 hound's head1633 mulligrub1633 nightmare1633 toad's-guts1634 bitch-baby1638 shagamuffin1642 shit-breech1648 shitabed1653 snite1653 pissabed1672 bastard1675 swab1687 tar-barrel1695 runt1699 fat-face1740 shit-sack1769 vagabond1842 shick-shack1847 soor1848 b1851 stink-pot1854 molie1871 pig-dog1871 schweinhund1871 wind-sucker1880 fucker1893 cocksucker1894 wart1896 so-and-so1897 swine-hound1899 motherfucker1918 S.O.B.1918 twat1922 mong1926 mucker1929 basket1936 cowson1936 zombie1936 meatball1937 shower1943 chickenshit1945 mugger1945 motherferyer1946 hooer1952 morpion1954 mother1955 mother-raper1959 louser1960 effer1961 salaud1962 gunk1964 scunge1967 the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person dwarfeOE congeonc1230 go-by-ground?a1300 smalla1300 shrimpc1386 griga1400 gruba1400 murche1440 nirvil1440 mitinga1450 witherling1528 wretchocka1529 elf1530 hop-o'-my-thumb1530 pygmy1533 little person1538 manikin1540 mankin1552 dandiprat1556 yrle1568 grundy1570 Jack Sprat1570 squall1570 manling1573 Tom Thumb1579 pinka1585 squib1586 screaling1594 giant-dwarf1598 twattle1598 agate1600 minimus1600 cock sparrow1602 dapperling1611 modicum1611 scrub1611 sesquipedalian1615 dwarflinga1618 wretchcock1641 homuncio1643 whip-handle1653 homuncule1656 whippersnapper1674 chitterling1675 sprite1684 carliea1689 urling1691 wirling1691 dwarf man1699 poppet1699 durgan1706 short-arse1706 tomtit1706 Lilliputian1726 wallydraigle1736 midge1757 minikin1761 squeeze-crab1785 minimum1796 niff-naff1808 titman1818 teetotum1822 squita1825 cradden1825 nyaff1825 weed1825 pinkeen1850 fingerling1864 Lilliput1867 thumbling1867 midget1869 inch1884 shorty1888 titch1888 skimpling1890 stub1890 scrap1898 pygmoid1922 lofty1933 peewee1935 smidgen1952 pint-size1954 pint-sized1973 munchkin1974 α. c1390 (c1300) MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 270 (MED) Crist, his sone, God wolde not spare To beo fondet..And siþen slen him as wyrling. a1450–1500 ( Libel Eng. Policy (1926) l. 716 (MED) God forebede that a wylde Yrishe wyrlynge Shulde be chosene for to be there kynge. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 1733 A selly nounbre Of wrichis & wirlingis. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 1706 A wirling, a wayryngle, a wawil-eȝid shrewe. a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 206 Forworthin wirling I warne thé it is wittin How skyttand skarth thow hes thé hurle behind. 1623 G. de Malynes Center of Circle of Commerce iii. 44 Euen so haue all men (but most especially worlings looking downe wards with the Kite) an Action and feeling of their benefit and gaine. 1629 (a1598) A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Finlason) sig. B4 Sauing nixt how thae Nuns that worling [1621 Hart working; a1585 Tull. nirlend] sould name. 1819 J. Rennie St. Patrick II. xvi. 313 Haud abye! ye scruntet like wurlyon o' the pit. β. 1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 78 An Urling, a little dwarfish person.1807 J. Stagg Misc. Poems (new ed.) 91 Thou's a menceless urlin ista.1881 J. Sargisson Joe Scoap's Jurneh 107 He turnt on t'urlin noo at ah still held be t'neck. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1390
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