yedding

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛdɪŋ

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English ȝedding, ȝeddynge, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English ġiedding, ġiddung, ġeddung (“utterance, saying, prophecy, song, poetry, poetical recitation, meter”), from ġieddian (“to speak formally, discuss, speak with alliteration, recite, sing”), equivalent to yed +‎ -ing.

Noun

yedding (plural yeddings)

1. (obsolete) A song, especially the song of a minstrel.
2. (obsolete or historical) A popular tale or romance, or a song embodying a popular tale or romance.
   • 2013, Marcelle Theibaux, The Writings of Medieval Women, 2nd Edition: An Anthology:

     By the fifteenth century a yedding is glossed as a romance.

Etymology 2

From yed.

Verb

yedding

1. present participle of yed

Etymology 3

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English eorþing (“burial, digging”), from eorþien (“to bury, dig”), from eorþe (“earth”), equivalent to earth +‎ -ing. Possibly influenced by (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English earding (“habitation, dwelling”), from eard (“dwelling, habitation”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English eard (“native soil, native land, native country, country, province, region, place of residence, dwelling, home, dwelling place, estate, cultivated ground”). More at earth.

Alternative forms

• yerding, earding

Noun

yedding (plural yeddings)

1. (UK dialectal) A burrow; a mole or rabbit hole.

Anagrams

• eddying