tiding

Meanings

Noun

• news; new information

Verb

• Present participle of tide

Origin

• From Middle English tiding, tidinge (also tidinde, tidende, etc.), from Late Old English tīdung, from tīdan, probably with assimilation to -ing.
• Either from or influenced by Old Norse tíðindi ( > Danish/Norwegian tidende). Cognate with Dutch tijding, German Zeitung.