bretheling

noun

1. Wretch; worthless person.

   archaic

   The palmer rod forth ase a king, And Beues wente alse a bretheling.

Where it comes from

From Middle English bretheling, equivalent to brethel (“worthless fellow, wretch”) + -ing.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry bretheling (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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