hinderling

== English == === Etymology === "Worthless person" sense: from Middle English hinderling (“a laggard, coward”), from Old English hinderling (“a mean wretch, a sneak”), equivalent to hinder +‎ -ling. Compare hilding. === Noun === hinderling (plural hinderlings) (British, dialectal) A worthless, degenerate person or animal. (dated, in the plural) The buttocks; the posterior. ==== Alternative forms ==== hinderlin == Old English == === Etymology === From By surface analysis, hinder- +‎ -ling (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxin.der.linɡ/, [ˈhin.derˠ.liŋɡ] === Noun === hinderling m a mean, base, contemptible person ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Descendants ==== English: hinderling === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hinderling”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.