hilding

[ hil-ding ]

/ ˈhɪl dɪŋ /

noun Archaic.

a contemptible person.

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Origin of hilding

1575–85; perhaps to be identified with Middle English heldinge, hilding bending, swerving aside, Old English hylding, equivalent to hyld(an) to bend, incline + -ing-ing¹

Words nearby hilding

Hildebrand, Hildegarde, Hildegard of Bingen, Hildegard von Bingen, Hildesheim, hilding, hilitis, hill, Hilla, Hillary, hillbilly

Example sentences from the Web for hilding

But Hilding, full of his errand, began at once to speak: "I am sent by the sons of Bele," said he.
Told by the Northmen:|E. M. [Ethel Mary] Wilmot-Buxton
Both the conflicts between father and son, within the Hilding family, are pendants and each other's antithesis.
Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3|Viktor Rydberg, Ph.D.
No other outcome of his errand had Hilding: he went back speedily to the kings, and told them Frithiof's answer.
The Story Of Frithiof The Bold|Anonymous
Which showed that he had been all the time occupied with Hilding's errand.
Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)|Various

Borgar's transformation from stepfather to the father of a Hilding shall be explained below.
Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3|Viktor Rydberg, Ph.D.

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