arseling

English

Alternative forms

arselings, arselong

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.

Adverb

arseling (not comparable)

(UK dialectal, especially Scotland, East Anglia) Backwards.

References

Joseph Wright, editor (1898), “ARSELING”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volumes I (A–C), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Salinger, aligners, engrails, inlarges, lasering, nargiles, realigns, resignal, salering, sanglier, seal ring, signaler, slangier

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