What does niddering mean?
Niddering means (archaic) Synonym of nithing (“a coward, a dastard; a wretch”)..
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/ˈnɪdəɹɪŋ/ · noun
(archaic) Synonym of nithing (“a coward, a dastard; a wretch”)..
[O]n the bodies of his fallen foes he kicked the gray road dust, and spat on them and named them churls and nidderings and unfit wearers of the mail of men of war.
I require of thee, as a man of thy word, on pain of being held faithless, man-sworn, and nidering [footnote: Infamous], to forgive and to receive to thy paternal affection the good knight, Wilfrid of Ivanhoe.
Though thou art my son, I say this, that, if thou workest ill to Eric when he is over sea, thou shalt rightly learn the weight of Whitefire: it is a niddering deed to plot against an absent man.
Use niddering when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Niddering means (archaic) Synonym of nithing (“a coward, a dastard; a wretch”)..
Common synonyms include nithing, ill-famed, nidering, disreputable.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[O]n the bodies of his fallen foes he kicked the gray road dust, and spat on them and named them churls and nidderings and unfit wearers of the mail of men of war.
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