ferling (s.xiii)

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ferling (s.xiii)

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  FEW:  feorðeling 3,462a / feorðeling 15/ii,120b Gdf:  ferlin 3,757a GdfC: TL: ferlin 3,1737 DEAF:  ferlin F266 DMF: TLF:  ferlin  OED:  ferling  MED:  ferling n.  DMLBS:  ferlingus 925b
farling,  farlyng;  ferlin,  ferling,  ferlinge,  ferlyn,  ferlyng,  ferlynge,  furline  
ls(loanword: M.E. )
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There is considerable overlap in usage between this word and the related word ferthing, reflecting the appending, in Old English, of two different suffixes, -ling suffix 1 and -ing suffix 3 to the etymon feorþ.

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1curr.finan.farthing, one-fourth of a penny (or other coin)
( 1279-80 )  Enkore ke les ferlings seient round, e doyvent touz estre fet a Londres [...] et serrunt appellez Lundreis  980
( 1402 )  la grande escarsetee qy ad au present [...] des mayles et ferlynges d’argent  ii 136
finan.price of one farthing
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  Et voloms qe assise de payn soit gardé en ceste fourme; qe quant le quarter de furment est vendu a .xij. deners, qe le gastel de ferling blaunc et bien quit poyse .vj. li. et .xvj. s.  i 186
2 unitweight measure of weight, one-fourth of a pennyweight
( MS: s.xiii )  e alum demi unce e sufre un ferlinge  75
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  Et voloms qe, si le pestour soit atteynt de faus poys issi qe pur la defaute del poys de un ferling trové en le peys de .ij. s. en tel cas soit il amerciable  i 188
( c.1300?; MS: s.xivm )  Pernez l'ulie de le puncel peisaunt a un furline  319
3unitlengthmeasure of land, one-fourth of a virgate
( 1305 )  Un Johan demaunda par un bref de ael vers Robert de B. deus mees, deus ferlinge de tere  32-33 Ed I 383
ferthing  fretyn 
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