2. Adjective. cowardly ¹
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Definition of Niddering
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Niddering
Literary usage of Niddering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"This and niddering," it is subjoined, " to pine and fret, to seem in a withering
state, are the same." Perhaps rather from AS nither-ian, as signifying ..."
2. Elissa Or the Doom of Zimbabwe/Eric Brighteyes, a Tale of Iceland by H. Rider Haggard (2001)
"Strip his harness off him and whip him hence with rods." "Let but a man stir
towards me and this spear flies through thy heart, niddering," cried Eric. ..."
3. Hereward, the Last of the English by Charles Kingsley (1891)
"... and Hannibal of Gweek likewise, and brought me safe to thee. And, therefore,
if thou provest false to him, niddering thou art; ..."
4. Hereward the Wake, "last of the English," by Charles Kingsley (1905)
"... and Hannibal of Marazion likewise, and brought me safe to thee. And, therefore,
if thou provest false to him, niddering thou art; ..."
5. Modern Essays by John Milton Berdan, John Richie Schultz, Hewette Elwell Joyce (1915)
"niddering wights, what a bane do ye bear, for your knees in the night, And your
heads and your faces, ..."
6. The Heroes; Or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children by Charles Kingsley (1883)
"... and Hannibal of Gweek likewise, and brought me safe to thee. And, therefore,
if thou provest false to him, niddering thou art ; and no ..."
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