noun
Meaning 1
A song, especially the song of a minstrel.
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Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
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noun
A song, especially the song of a minstrel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A popular tale or romance, or a song embodying a popular tale or romance.
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Usage: historical, obsolete
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noun
A burrow; a mole or rabbit hole.
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Usage: UK, dialectal
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verb
present participle and gerund of yed
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
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.
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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