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ridding en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From rid + -ing.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of rid
   form of rid

ridding en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English riddyng, reddyng, ryddyng, rudyng, from Old English hryding (“a clearing, a patch of cleared land”), equivalent to rid + -ing.

Meanings

1. (England, Northern) an area of land which has been cleared of trees, an assart