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niddering
[ nid-er-ing ]
noun
Archaic.
- a coward.
niddering
/ ˈɪəɪŋ /
noun
- a coward
adjective
- cowardly
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of niddering1
First recorded in 1590–1600; variant of nidering, which is a variant of niding, from nithing, from Old Norse íԲ “villain, scoundrel, apostate.” The form niddering arose from a misreading of the letter ð (pronounced eth or edh, representing the th- sounds of thin and then ) as an abbreviation for der
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of niddering1
C16: a mistaken reading of Old English nithing coward; related to īٳ malice
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Example Sentences
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“True;” said the harper recovering himself, “what hath Wulfhere to do with a niddering?”
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I am a Saxon, Jarl Hakon, and niddering would I be to sing of my country’s shame.
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Niddering did it seem to leave thee, a girl, in the hands of the foe, unwitting what might befall thee.
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Niddering is he who speaketh so to a maiden.
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Let every man that is not niddering, whether in a town or out of a town, leave his house and come.”
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