different between nithing vs niding

English

Etymology

From Middle English nithing, nithinc, nything, nythyng, nythynge, niþinge, nyþing, nyþyng, Early Middle English niðing, niþinc, niþincke (“coward, wretch; good-for-nothing; term of address for a boy or lad; stingy or miserly person; niggardly, miserly, stingy”), from Late Old English nithing, Old English niðing, n?þing (“coward; wretch; outlaw, villain”), from a North Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *n?þ? (“envy; hate; malice”) (from Proto-Indo-European *neyH- (“to be angry”)) + *-ing?, *-ung? (suffix forming gerund nouns from verbs).

The English word is cognate with Danish nidding, Late Latin nidingus, nithingus, Middle High German n?dinc, n?dunc (modern German Neiding (“(archaic) one who is envious”)), Old Norse níðingr (Icelandic níðingur (“scoundrel, rascal”), Norwegian niding), Old Swedish n?þinger (modern Swedish niding).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?na?ð??/
• Hyphenation: ni?thing

Noun

nithing (plural nithings)

1. (archaic) A coward, a dastard; a wretch.

   Synonyms: nidering, niddering; see also Thesaurus:coward
2. (archaic) A wicked person; also, one who has acted immorally or unlawfully.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:villain

Alternative forms

• niding

Derived terms

• nidering, niddering
• nithing post
• nithing stake

Related terms

• nithe

Translations

Adjective

nithing (comparative more nithing, superlative most nithing)

1. (archaic) Cowardly, dastardly.

   Synonyms: nidering, niddering; see also Thesaurus:cowardly
2. (archaic) Notoriously evil or wicked; infamous.

   Synonyms: nidering, niddering; see also Thesaurus:evil

Alternative forms

• niding

Translations

References

Further reading

• n?þ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• nithing in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• hinting

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?na?d??/
• Rhymes: -a?d??

Noun

niding (plural nidings)

1. Alternative spelling of nithing

Adjective

niding (comparative more niding, superlative most niding)

1. Alternative spelling of nithing

References

• 1984 Futharc A Handbook of Rune Magic, Edred Thorsson, Samuel Weiser Inc, ?ISBN, page 151.

  niding: Developed from ON words nidh (insult) and nidhingr (a vile wretch).

• 1997 Thunder issue 10 (Heathen Journal), How Sif Got Her Golden Hair, Thorskegga Thorn.

  You sheared my bride like a nithing you perverted bastard!

• 2006 The Nature of Asatru, Mark Puryear, iUniverse, ?ISBN, page 25.

  A disgraceful act, what some might call a sin, was known as a 'nid', and the person who committed it a 'niding'.

Anagrams

• dining, indign

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse níðingr (“honorless person”), from Old Norse níð (“defamation; honorless”). The word is cognate with Icelandic níðingur, Swedish niding.

Noun

niding m (definite singular nidingen, indefinite plural nidinger, definite plural nidingene)

1. coward, rascal, scoundrel

References

• “niding” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse níðingr. Cognates include Danish nidding, Icelandic níðingur and English nithing.

Noun

niding m (definite singular nidingen, indefinite plural nidingar, definite plural nidingane)

1. scoundrel; a despicable person

References

• “niding” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.