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deór-ling
/deo:rliŋɣ /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun
Gender: Masculine
This might be just a supplemental entry adding to an entry in the Main Volume.
Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
deór-ling
. Add: a (king's) favourite :-- Drihtnes deórling (dýr-, v. l.) Benedictus, Gr. D. 176, 7. Dauide íǽm Godes dírlinge, Past. 393, 3. Dýrling, Hml. S. 6, 326. Leóf cyningc ... her syndon þe þíne deórlingas beón sceoldon, 23, 148. His (Godwin's) sunan wǽron eorlas and þæs cynges dýrlingas, Chr. 1052 ; P. 176, 24. Dýrlingas penates, Germ. 397, 448. Se wela þe hé (the king) gifþ his deórlingum, Bt. 29, 1; F. 102, 3. Hé (Nero) weorþode his deórlingas mid welum, 28 ; F. 100, 29. Sumne king and his deóHingas, Shrn. 200, 29. H as a nickname :-- Eádríc ealdorman and Ælmǽr Deórlingc (Dýrling, v. l.), Chr. 1016 ; P. 150, 3.
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Possibly connected entries from the Main Volume:

deór-ling
, diór-ling, dýr-ling, es; m. A dearling, DARLING, minion, favourite; unĭce dīlectus, dēlĭciæ :-- Gif ðé lícode his dysig, swá wel swá his dysegum deórlingum dyde if his folly had pleased thee, as well as it did his foolish favourites, Bt. 27, 2; Fox 96, 23: Wanl. Catal. 127, 49, col. 2. Se godcunda ánweald gefriþode his diórlingas [deórlingas MS. Cot.] the divine power saved his darlings, Bt. 39, l0; Fox 228, 11. He his diórlingas duguþum stépte he decked his favourites with honours, Bt. Met. Fox 15, 15; Met. 15, 8.
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