or nidering
noun
Origin: popularized by Sir Walter Scott < error in printed text (1596) by William of Malmesbury, for ME nithing (< ON nithingr), mean person, coward
adjective
See niddering in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Misreading of Middle English nithing
Origin: , from Old English nīthing
Origin: , from Old Norse nīdhingr
Origin: , from nīdh, scorn
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