yedding

Meanings

Noun

• A song, especially the song of a minstrel.
• A popular tale or romance, or a song embodying a popular tale or romance.
• A burrow; a mole or rabbit hole.

Verb

• Present participle of yed

Origin

• From Middle English ȝedding, ȝeddynge, from Old English ġiedding, ġiddung, ġeddung, from ġieddian, equivalent to yed + -ing.
• From yed.
• From Middle English eorþing ("burial, digging"), from eorþien, from eorþe, equivalent to earth + -ing. Possibly influenced by Middle English earding ("habitation, dwelling"), from eard, 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.