Yedding
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A song, especially the song of a minstrel. obsolete
- 2 A burrow; a mole or rabbit hole. UK, dialectal
- 3 A popular tale or romance, or a song embodying a popular tale or romance. historical, obsolete
"By the fifteenth century a yedding is glossed as a romance."
- 1 present participle and gerund of yed form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"By the fifteenth century a yedding is glossed as a romance."
Etymology
From Middle English ȝedding, ȝeddynge, from Old English ġieddung (“utterance, saying, prophecy, song, poetry, poetical recitation, meter”), from ġieddian (“to speak formally, discuss, speak with alliteration, recite, sing”), equivalent to yed + -ing.
From yed.
From Middle English eorþing (“burial, digging”), from eorþien (“to bury, dig”), from eorþe (“earth”), equivalent to earth + -ing. Possibly influenced by Middle English earding (“habitation, dwelling”), from eard (“dwelling, habitation”), from 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.
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