sperlingus

sperlingus (-yngus) [ME sperlyng < OF esperlinge; cf. MLG spirlinc], a small fish, smelt (Osmerus eperlanus), the sparling or spirling. ? 1219 in ~ingo ij d. in ovis j d. (Chanc. Misc.) Househ. Ac. 123; 1341 j c. spirling' iij d. Sacr. Ely II 105; 13‥ salmones ‥ conchilia, ~ingos (Nominale) Neues Archiv IV 340; a sperlynge, ipimera, ~ingus CathA; hic ~yngus, a sperlynge WW.

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