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tiding (iou)



tiding noun. Now chiefly literary.
[Late Old English tidung, as if from Old English tidan TIDE verb1 + -ING1, but prob. from Old Norse tieendi, -indi (news of) events or occurrences, from tier occurring.]
The announcement of an event etc., a piece of news, (arch.). Now usu. in pl. (treated as pl. or (arch.) sing.), news, reports, information. LOE.
J. Galt The glad tidings of salvation were first heard there. Saki Messengers bearing tidings of misfortune and defeat.
A thing that happens; an event, an incident, an occurrence. Now rare. ME.
b. An indication, a sign. rare. Only in ME.
? Sense 2 prob. the original.
tidingless adjective (rare) without tidings E19.