A derivational suffix in words from OE and borrowings from ON, MLG, and MDu.: (nouns) balk(e, larke, etc.; (verbs) lurken, runken, sanken, skulken, etc. It occasionally occurs in ME or possibly ME……
A diminutive suffix: (a) in nouns of foreign, usually MDu. or MLG origin; e.g. boidekin, cruskin, ferdekin, kilderkin; (b) in prob. ME formations; e.g. baudekin n. (2), fauntekin, fend(e)kin,……
A derivational suffix in adverbs of position, direction, or manner; from OE: hinderling, nedlinge, etc.; ?from MDu.: sidlinge; of ME formation: blindlinge, derkeling, eggelinge, flatlinge,……
