codlin(g)
codlin(g) variety of apple. XV. Earliest form querd(e)lynge, later quodling, quadlin; but codlyng occurs XVI, when it appears to be already assoc. with coddle vb. cook. The forms correspond to those of the surname Codling, earlier Querdelioun, Querdlyng — AN. Quer de lion (F. Cœur-de-lion) ‘lion-heart’.
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