English

Alternative forms

• tidinde (obsolete)
• tidind (dialectal)

Noun

tiding ‎(plural tidings)

1. (usually in the plural) news; new information
   • Glad tidings we bring To you and your kin. — A traditional Christmas carol.
   • 1843 Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, Book 2, Ch. 2, St. Edmundsbury

     But yet it is pity we had lost tidings of our souls: actually we shall have to go in quest of them again, or worse in all ways will befall!

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References

1. ↑ T.F. Hoad, Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, ISBN 978-0-19-283098-2; headword tidings
2. ↑ tidings in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913