"arseling" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: From Middle English *arsling, from Old English earsling (“backwards, on the back”), equivalent to arse + -ling. Cognate with Dutch aarzeling, aarzelings, German ärschling, ärschlings. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*arsling}} Middle English *arsling, {{inh|en|ang|earsling||backwards, on the back}} Old English earsling (“backwards, on the back”), {{suffix|en|arse|ling}} arse + -ling, {{cog|nl|aarzeling}} Dutch aarzeling, {{m|nl|aarzelings}} aarzelings, {{cog|de|ärschling}} German ärschling, {{m|de|ärschlings}} ärschlings Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} arseling (not comparable)
  1. (UK dialectal, especially Scotland, East Anglia) Backwards. Tags: East-Anglia, Scotland, UK, dialectal, especially, not-comparable Synonyms: arselings, arselong

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