arseling
BackwardsBackwards.
Meaning
1 senses(East Anglia, Scotland, UK, dialectal, especially, not comparable)Backwards.
Origin
From Middle English *arsling, from Old English earsling (“backwards, on the back”). CognatFrom Middle English *arsling, from Old English earsling (“backwards, on the back”). Cognate with Dutch aarzeling, aarzelings, German ärschling, ärschlings. By surface analysis, arse + -ling.
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