E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Edhilin’gi.
The aristocratic class among the Anglo-Saxons; the second rank were termed the Frilingi; and the third the Lazzi. (Anglo-Saxon, œdele or edele, noble; free-ling, free-born. Ricardo says of the third class, they were the “unwilling to work, the dull”—quos hodie lazie di’cimus.)
