mæsling

Old English

Alternative forms

mæslen, mæstling

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare Middle Low German missink ( > Old Norse messing, massing, mersing ( > Icelandic messing)); Middle Dutch messinc, missinc, messinge ( > Dutch messing); Middle High German messinc, missinc, möschinc ( > German Messing); Saterland Frisian Mäsken.

Noun

mæsling n (nominative plural mæsling)

a kind of brass

Declension

Declension of mæsling (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mæsling	mæsling
accusative	mæsling	mæsling
genitive	mæslinges	mæslinga
dative	mæslinge	mæslingum

Descendants

Middle English: mestling, maslyn, mastelyn, mastling

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