niddering

Etymology
A variant of, resulting from the letter eth (ð) in Early 🇨🇬 in the writings of the English historian ( – c.  1143) being mistaken for a  followed by a mark of suspension representing a letter that had been omitted as an abbreviation. This led to niðing being wrongly spelled as nidering in early printed versions of his works. The word was later popularized by the Scottish novelist and poet Sir (1771–1832).