"gadling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gadlings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English gadeling (“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 gada (“comrade, companion”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gadeling|t=companion in arms; man, fellow; a person of low birth; rascal, scoundrel; bastard; base, lowborn}} Middle English gadeling (“companion in arms; man, fellow; a person of low birth; rascal, scoundrel; bastard; base, lowborn”), {{m|enm|gadeling|t=vagabond}} gadeling (“vagabond”), {{inh|en|ang|geaduling}} Old English geaduling, {{m|ang|gædeling|t=kinsman, fellow, companion in arms, comrade}} gædeling (“kinsman, fellow, companion in arms, comrade”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*gaduling}} Proto-West Germanic *gaduling, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*gadulingaz}} Proto-Germanic *gadulingaz, {{m|gem-pro|*gadilingaz|t=relative, kinsman}} *gadilingaz (“relative, kinsman”), {{suffix|en|gad|ling}} gad + -ling, {{cog|ang|gada|t=comrade, companion}} Old English gada (“comrade, companion”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gadling (plural gadlings)
  1. (obsolete) A companion in arms, fellow, comrade. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-gadling-en-noun-hz285hZC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ling Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 16 31 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 15 31 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 40 19 30 12
  2. A roving vagabond; one who roams Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-gadling-en-noun-ZIJ6WRHd Disambiguation of People: 21 36 19 24
  3. A man of humble condition; a fellow; a low fellow; lowborn; originally comrade or companion, in a good sense, but later used in reproach
    Sense id: en-gadling-en-noun-w~g0RYox
  4. A spike on a gauntlet; a gad. Categories (topical): Armor
    Sense id: en-gadling-en-noun-xIi85FZ1 Disambiguation of Armor: 32 0 0 68

Inflected forms

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