Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Niding
Ni′ding (nī′dĭng), n. [Written also nithing.] [AS. nīðing, fr. nīð wickness, malice, hatred.] A coward; a dastard; — a term of utmost opprobrium. [Obs.]
He is worthy to be called a niding. Howell.