earsling

Old English

Etymology

From ears +‎ -ling (“adverbial suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑr.slinɡ/, [ˈæ͜ɑrˠ.zliŋɡ]

Adverb

earsling

1. (used exclusively in the phrase on earsling) backwards, on or onto the back

Synonyms

• bæcling

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “EARS-LING”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.