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noun, plural (especially collectively) ling, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) lings.
1.
an elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
2.
the burbot.
3.
any of various other elongated food fishes.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English ling, lenge; cognate with Dutch leng; akin to long1, Old Norse langa
1250–1300; Middle English ling, lenge; cognate with Dutch leng; akin to long1, Old Norse langa
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Ling
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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| ling1 (lɪŋ) | |
| —n , pl ling, lings | |
| 1. | any of several gadoid food fishes of the northern coastal genus Molva, esp M. molva, having an elongated body with long fins |
| 2. | another name for burbot |
| [C13: probably from Low German; related to | |
| ling2 (lɪŋ) | |
| —n | |
| another name for heather | |
| [C14: from Old Norse lyng] | |
| 'lingy2 | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
-ling
dim. suffix, early 14c., from O.E. -ling a nominal suffix (not originally dim.), from P.Gmc. *-linga-; attested in historical Gmc. languages as a simple suffix, but probably representing a fusion of the suffixes represented by Eng. -le (cf. icicle,
EXPAND thimble, handle), O.E. -ol, -ul, -el; and -ing, suffix indicating "person or thing of a specific kind or origin; in masc. nouns also "son of" (cf. farthing, atheling, O.E. 'horing "adulterer, fornicator"). Both these suffixes had occasional dim. force, but this was only slightly evident in O.E. -ling and its equivalents in Gmc. languages except O.N., where it commonly was used as a diminutive suffix, especially in words designating the young of animals (e.g. gæslingr "gosling"). Thus it is possible that the diminutive use that developed in Middle English is from Old Norse.
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