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Definition of nithing

nithing
Niding Ni"ding (n[imac]"d[i^]ng), n. [Written also nithing.] [AS. n[imac][eth]ing, fr. n[imac][eth] wickness, malice, hatred.] A coward; a dastard; -- a term of utmost opprobrium. [Obs.] He is worthy to be called a niding. --Howell.
Nithing
Nithing Nith"ing, n. [Obs.] See Niding.

Meaning of nithing from wikipedia

- the pole. The nithing pole was directed towards the enemy and target of the curse. The curse could be carved in runes on the pole. A nithing pole event appears...
- status of a villain. A person affected with the stigma is considered a nithing (Old Norse: níðingr, ᚾᛁᚦᛁᚴᛦ, Old English: nīðing, nīðgæst, or Old High...
- social stigma implying the loss of honour and the status of a villain. Nithing pole National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur Norwegian School of Information...
- The River Nith (Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Nid; Common Brittonic: Nowios) is a river in south-west Scotland. The Nith rises in the Carsphairn hills of East...
- The Nith River is a river in Brant, Oxford and Perth counties and the Regional Muni****lity of Waterloo in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The Nith River...
- ships have borne the name HMS Nith. HMS Nith (1905) was a River-class destroyer launched in 1905 and broken up in 1919. HMS Nith (K215) was a River-class frigate...
- Dumfriesshire (1683), Earl of Drumlanrig and Sanquhar (1682), Viscount of Nith, Tortholwald and Ross (1682) and Lord Douglas of Kilmount, Middlebie and...
- especially bold. Earlier in the saga Egil goes as far as to construct a Nithing pole, a sign of disrespect in medieval Scandinavian society. For this and...
- Gunnhildr. He then cursed the King and Queen, setting a horse's head on a Nithing pole and saying "Here I set up a níð-pole, and declare this níð against...
- Vale o' Nith Football Club was an ****ociation football club from Dumfries, Scotland. The club was founded in 1880 by "very young and enthusiastic" players...