tithynge

Middle English

Alternative forms

• teythinge, thytyng, tithyng, tithyngge, tiþing, tythynge, tyþynge
• teouþinke, teuþincke, tiðinge, toðinge, touþinke (Early Middle English)
• tyþing, tyþinge (East Anglia); tethyngge, teuþinge, teythynge, theoþinge (West Midland)
• teothinge, teoþing, teoþinge, teoþingge, teoþingue, tething, tethinge, teþinge, thythynge, tueþyng, tuþinge (chiefly Southern)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English tēoþung, tēoðing; equivalent to tithe (“tenth, tithe”) or tithen (“to tithe”) +‎ -ynge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteːðinɡ(ə)/, /ˈtiːðinɡ(ə)/

Verb

tithynge

1. present participle of tithen

Descendants

• English: tithing

Noun

tithynge (chiefly East Anglia, East Saxon, Southern or Southwest Midland)

1. One of ten equal parts of a whole; a tenth.
2. A tithe (tenth of one's income given to clergy)
3. The giving of tithes or other payments to the Christian church.
4. A tithing; a group of ten households.

Descendants

• English: tithing

References

• “tīthing(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “tithing, n.¹”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “tithing, n.³”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.