niddering

[ nid-er-ing ]
/ ˈnɪd ər ɪŋ /

noun Archaic.

a coward.

Words nearby niddering

Example sentences from the Web for niddering

  • A niddering who flies for his life at the first approach of danger is not fit to wield a sceptre in these lands.

    The Last of the Vikings |John Bowling
  • "Let but a man stir towards me and this spear flies through thy heart, Niddering," cried Eric.

    Eric Brighteyes |H. Rider Haggard
  • As to Mr. William Morris, he might be fabled to render Α δειλοί “niddering wights,” but beyond that, conjecture is baffled.

    Essays in Little |Andrew Lang
  • If so, I have been told both ways; in some visions, running like a niddering, in others standing firm as a pyramid.

    Dariel |R. D. Blackmore

British Dictionary definitions for niddering

niddering

nidering

archaic

noun

a coward

adjective

cowardly

Word Origin for niddering

C16: a mistaken reading of Old English nithing coward; related to nīth malice