Starkling

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English

Etymology

From Stark +‎ -ling.

Noun

Starkling (plural Starklings)

  1. (ASoIaF/GOT fandom slang) Any of the six children of Ned Stark in the A Song of Ice and Fire novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.
    • 2003 June 14, Dom Wynn, “Re: First time reader returns ... and is very disappointed in GRRM (spoilers!)”, in alt.fan-grrm (Usenet):
      This scenario does raise the interesting question of just what on earth the Starklings are going to make of each other when/if they meet up again.
    • 2004 November 28, Richard Boye, “CHOW: aCoK - Bran I, or "I'm Brandon Stark, and I'll Howl if I Want To!"”, in alt.fan-grrm (Usenet):
      The direwolves have been howling non-stop, depriving everyone of sleep but, unsurprisingly, the Starklings.
    • 2005 July 18, [email protected], “Re: CHOW: aCoK - Bran VII - There's A Liiiiiiight (Over At The Winterfell Place)”, in alt.fan-grrm (Usenet):
      Really, this is one chapter that really blew me away, Oh, sure, Ned's execution was shocking, but I always figured that Winterfell would remain this shining sanctuary for all the wayward Starklings to strive back towards....
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Starkling.

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