- éarspinl
- f (-e/-a) earring
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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