headling

Meanings

Noun

• An equal; a fellow; mate.
• A chieftain.

Adverb

• Headlong; precipitately.

Origin

• From Middle English hedling, hevedling, from Old English hēafodling, equivalent to head + -ling. Cognate with German Häuptling.
• From Middle English hedling, heedling, hevedlynge, equivalent to head + -ling. Cognate with Scots heidlingis, Middle High German houbetlingen.