- éarhring
- m (-es/-as) ear-ring
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
éarhring
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earring — earringed, adj. /ear ring , ing/, n. an ornament worn on or hanging from the lobe of the ear. [bef. 1000; ME erering, OE earhring. See EAR1, RING1] * * * ▪ jewelry a personal ornament worn pendent from the ear, usually suspended by means of … Universalium
éarring — see éarhring … Old to modern English dictionary
earring — (n.) O.E. earhring, from EAR (Cf. ear) (1) + hring (see RING (Cf. ring) (n.)). Also earspinl. Now including any sort of ornament in the ear; the pendants were originally ear drops (1720). The two groups which had formerly a near monopoly on male… … Etymology dictionary
