tidings

noun (sometimes used with a singular verb)

1. news, information, or intelligence: sad tidings.

pl n

1. information or news

n.“announcement of an event,” 1069, from Old English tidung “event, occurrence, piece of news,” perhaps in part a verbal noun from Old English tidan “to happen,” in part from Old Norse tiðendi (plural) “events, news,” from tiðr (adj.) “occurring,” from PIE *di-ti- (see tide (n.)). Cf. Norwegian tidende “tidings, news,” Dutch tijding, German Zeitung “newspaper.”