tiding /ˈtaɪdɪŋ/ noun[usually plural]1 •(literary, no longer used) News; new information.For men be now tratlers and tellers of tales; What tidings at Totnam, what newis in Wales, What shippis are sailing to Scalis Malis? And all is not worth a couple of nut shalis. — 1515 formstidings