veslingr

(-s, -ar), m. a poor, puny person, wretch (hvat myndi v. þessi varða mér bátinn).

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m. (veslingi, a, m., Art. 43). [Dan. usling, used in a bad sense]:—a poor, puny person; hvat myndi veslingr þessi (this wretch) varða mér bátinn, Fms. vii. 32; sveinar tveir, veslingar, Fær. 42; Guðs veslingr, Mar.; mostly in a compassionate or charitable sense, like Engl. poor.

2. prefixing the gen. veslings-; veslings-barnið, poor child! veslings-konan, poor woman; veslings-maðrinn, poor man! Grett. 79 new Ed.