bretheling

noun

1. (archaic)Wretch; worthless person.

   “The palmer rod forth ase a king, And Beues wente alse a bretheling.”

   “Ensured — what — what — do you play the bretheling in our house?”

   “Marck was relieved last month, lordling, and that bretheling Count of St Pol given such a buffet as he will not speedily forget.”

   “Liefer would we your fellowship seek than that of this malapert, cautelous bretheling!”