Etymograph

English

furzeling

From furze + -ling.

Formed from furze + -ling

Old English fȳr

Old English fyrs ‘furze, gorse, bramble’

Middle English firse ‘Furze or gorse’

English furze

Today it means

noun An English warbler, Sylvia undata, the furze wren or Dartford warbler.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / furzeling