"-lings" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Middle English -linges",
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      "expansion": "-ling + -s",
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      "expansion": "Dutch -lings (adverbial suffix)",
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      "expansion": "German -lings",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English -linges, variant (with genitive -es) of Middle English -ling (adverbial suffix), equivalent to -ling + -s. Compare Dutch -lings (adverbial suffix), German -lings.",
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        "forming adverbs, generally of condition or situation"
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        "(now UK dialectal) forming adverbs, generally of condition or situation"
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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "-es",
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      },
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      "name": "suf"
    },
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        "2": "-lings",
        "pos": "adverbial suffix"
      },
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    },
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        "2": "-lings"
      },
      "expansion": "German -lings",
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