yedding

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A song, especially the song of a minstrel. obsolete
  2. A burrow; a mole or rabbit hole. UK,dialectal
  3. A popular tale or romance, or a song embodying a popular tale or romance. historical,obsolete
    — By the fifteenth century a yedding is glossed as a romance.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of yed form-of,gerund,participle,present

词形变化

yeddings plural yeddings plural yerding alternative earding alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English ȝedding, ȝeddynge, from Old English ġieddung (“utterance, saying, prophecy, song, poetry, poetical recitation, meter”), from ġieddian (“to speak formally, discuss, speak with alliteration, recite, sing”), equivalent to yed + -ing.
词源 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
词源 3
From Middle English eorþing (“burial, digging”), from eorþien (“to bury, dig”), from eorþe (“earth”), equivalent to earth + -ing. Possibly influenced by Middle English earding (“habitation, dwelling”), from eard (“dwelling, habitation”), 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.
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