Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gadling

/ˈɡæd.lɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gadling
IPA: /ˈɡæd.lɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A companion in arms; fellow; comrade.

Obsolete

noun

A roving vagabond; one who roams.

noun

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

noun

A spike on a gauntlet; a gad.

Example Sentences

"Gedlyngis, I am a fulle grete wat, […]"
"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."
"“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?”"

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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: gadelyng, geaduling, *gaduling, *gadulingaz
Suffix: gad

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

gadlings (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce gadling?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡæd.lɪŋ/.
What does gadling mean?: A companion in arms; fellow; comrade.
Where does gadling come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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