earsling

== Old English == === Etymology === From ears +‎ -ling (“adverbial suffix”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæ͜ɑr.slinɡ/, [ˈæ͜ɑrˠ.zliŋɡ] === Adverb === earsling (used exclusively in the phrase on earsling) backwards, on or onto the back ==== Synonyms ==== bæcling ==== References ==== Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “EARS-LING”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.