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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1501-1535, 1590-1649
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Ȝoungling, Ȝynglyng, n. Also: ȝonglyng, youngling, yonglin, yonnling, ȝingling. [ME and e.m.E. iungleng(e (c1175), ȝeongling(e (Layamon), ȝongling (a1300), yongling (c1450), younglyng(e (1548), OE ᵹeongling.] A youth or child; a youngster; a young person. Also attrib. b. A young animal, the offspring of an animal. 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 531.
Tender ȝounglingis [L. ȝonglyngis] with pieteous virgin hart 1513 Doug. x xiii 155.
So Eneas stokis hys styf brand Throw owt this ȝonker … 'O douchty ȝynglyng [Sm. ȝingling, Ruddim. ȝonglyng; L. puer] … Quhat sall the reuthfull compacient Ene For sa gret lovabill dedis rendir thé? c1520-c1535 Nisbet Mark xvi 5.
Thai saw a yonngling [W. ȝong oon, P. ȝonglyng] clethit with a quhyte stole c1590 Fowler I 26/28.
A chyldish boy and youngling raw 1619 Lithgow in Skeyne Descr. Pest vi n.
I may rather term it [sc. Poland] to be a mother and nurse for the youth and younglings of Scotland 1632 Fugitive Poetry II viii 5.
This younglings hand still trembling doth bewrayattrib. c1590 Fowler I 34/217.
Apollo … That did despyse Cupidois aige, his youth [etc.] … Yit for all that this youngling boy [etc.]b. c1590 J. Stewart 66/41.
As quhan ane troup of porcks [etc.] … Quhan volf or tygar … taks thair ȝoungling a1649 Drummond II 259/51.
Tuise hath ve vaind the yonglins of our flockes Since [etc.]
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