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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈnaɪdɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more niding [comparative], most niding [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} niding (comparative more niding, superlative most niding)
  1. Alternative form of nithing. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: nithing
    Sense id: en-niding-en-adj-xkxbVCjj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old Norse terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Old Norse terms with redundant transliterations: 19 19 18 21 10 13

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈnaɪdɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: nidings [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} niding (plural nidings)
  1. Alternative form of nithing. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: nithing
    Sense id: en-niding-en-noun-xkxbVCjj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old Norse terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Old Norse terms with redundant transliterations: 19 19 18 21 10 13

Noun [Norwegian Bokmål]

Forms: nidingen [definite, singular], nidinger [indefinite, plural], nidingene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse níðingr (“honorless person”), from Old Norse níð (“defamation; honorless”). The word is cognate with Icelandic níðingur, Swedish niding. Etymology templates: {{inh|nb|non|níðingr|t=honorless person}} Old Norse níðingr (“honorless person”), {{der|nb|non|níð|t=defamation; honorless}} Old Norse níð (“defamation; honorless”), {{cog|is|níðingur}} Icelandic níðingur, {{cog|sv|niding}} Swedish niding Head templates: {{nb-noun-m1}} niding m (definite singular nidingen, indefinite plural nidinger, definite plural nidingene)
  1. coward, rascal, scoundrel Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-niding-nb-noun-pmu1DfC9 Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Old Norse terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Old Norse terms with redundant transliterations: 19 19 18 21 10 13

Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Forms: nidingen [definite, singular], nidingar [indefinite, plural], nidingane [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse níðingr. Cognates include Danish nidding, Icelandic níðingur and English nithing. Etymology templates: {{inh|nn|non|níðingr}} Old Norse níðingr, {{cog|da|nidding}} Danish nidding, {{cog|is|níðingur}} Icelandic níðingur, {{cog|en|nithing}} English nithing Head templates: {{nn-noun-m1}} niding m (definite singular nidingen, indefinite plural nidingar, definite plural nidingane)
  1. scoundrel; a despicable person Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-niding-nn-noun-JczY1nvP Categories (other): Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Old Norse terms with redundant transliterations, Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Norse terms with redundant transliterations: 19 19 18 21 10 13 Disambiguation of Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters: 19 19 22 32 3 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 5 5 34 53 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 34 54 1 2

Noun [Swedish]

Etymology: By surface analysis, nid + -ing, from Old Swedish nīþinger (nidh + -inger), from Old Norse níðingr (níð + -ingr), initially meaning “outlawed criminal” etc, a form of legal term in relation to crimes of honor, honesty and thereof. Earliest record from the 11th century, in the form of the runic genitive inflection ᚾᛁᚦᛁᚴᛋ (niþiks /⁠niðiŋs, nid͡hin͡gs⁠/). Cognate of Danish nidding (Old Danish nithing), Icelandic níðingur, English nithing. Etymology templates: {{surf|sv|nid|-ing}} By surface analysis, nid + -ing, {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|niþinger|nīþinger}} Old Swedish nīþinger, {{inh|sv|non|níðingr}} Old Norse níðingr, {{cog|da|nidding}} Danish nidding, {{cog|gmq-oda|nithing}} Old Danish nithing, {{cog|is|níðingur}} Icelandic níðingur, {{cog|en|nithing}} English nithing Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} niding c, {{sv-noun|c}} niding c Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], niding [indefinite, nominative, singular], nidings [genitive, indefinite, singular], nidingen [definite, nominative, singular], nidingens [definite, genitive, singular], nidingar [indefinite, nominative, plural], nidingars [genitive, indefinite, plural], nidingarna [definite, nominative, plural], nidingarnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (vulgar, derogatory, offensive) nithing; a shameful dishonorable coward, specifically: the worst kind of villain (for example: child rapist, those who beat the weak); by extension: general insult Tags: common-gender, derogatory, offensive, vulgar
    Sense id: en-niding-sv-noun-mGde0au7
  2. (historical) harsh criminal, villain, scoundrel, vile wretch, apostate (guilty of apostasy; dishonesty); originally an outlaw (criminal excluded from legal rights, who can be killed at will without legal penalty) in relation to crimes of honor, honesty and thereof Tags: common-gender, historical
    Sense id: en-niding-sv-noun-plFj~oC8 Categories (other): Old Norse terms with redundant transliterations, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of Old Norse terms with redundant transliterations: 19 19 18 21 10 13 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Swedish terms suffixed with -ing: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nidingsdåd (english: act of villainy; the act of a niding), nidingsstång, nidingsstöld, nidingsverk (english: gross crime), oniding (english: non-niding), var mans niding (english: outlaw)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[W]hen there was a daungerous rebellion againſt King William Rufus and Rocheſter Caſtle then the moſt important & ſtrongeſt fort of this Realm was ſtowtly kept againſt him, after that he had but proclaimed that his ſubjects ſhould repaire thither to his Campe, vpon no other penaltie, but that whoſoeuer refuſed to come, ſhould be reputed a Niding: they ſwarmed to him immediatly from all ſides in ſuch numbers, that he had in a few daies an infinite Armie, and the rebells therewith weere ſo terrified, that they forthwith yeelded.",
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          "text": "[William] Rufus immediately ſet about raiſing an army to chaſtiſe him [Odo of Bayeux]; but finding recruits to come in but ſlowly, he iſſued out a proclamation ſignifying, that whoſoever would not be reputed a Niding, ſhould repair to the ſiege of Rocheſter. What was the meaning of the word, Niding, has not reached theſe days; it might perhaps anſwer to our Ninny, a ſoft, fooliſh, unmanly fellow; undoubtedly it was a term of reproach, ſince to avoid that appellation, ſoldiers flocked to his ſtandard from every quarter, [...]",
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          "text": "[W]hen there was a daungerous rebellion againſt King William Rufus and Rocheſter Caſtle then the moſt important & ſtrongeſt fort of this Realm was ſtowtly kept againſt him, after that he had but proclaimed that his ſubjects ſhould repaire thither to his Campe, vpon no other penaltie, but that whoſoeuer refuſed to come, ſhould be reputed a Niding: they ſwarmed to him immediatly from all ſides in ſuch numbers, that he had in a few daies an infinite Armie, and the rebells therewith weere ſo terrified, that they forthwith yeelded.",
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          "text": "[William] Rufus immediately ſet about raiſing an army to chaſtiſe him [Odo of Bayeux]; but finding recruits to come in but ſlowly, he iſſued out a proclamation ſignifying, that whoſoever would not be reputed a Niding, ſhould repair to the ſiege of Rocheſter. What was the meaning of the word, Niding, has not reached theſe days; it might perhaps anſwer to our Ninny, a ſoft, fooliſh, unmanly fellow; undoubtedly it was a term of reproach, ſince to avoid that appellation, ſoldiers flocked to his ſtandard from every quarter, [...]",
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