tidings | ˈtʌɪdɪŋz |

plural noun

1 literary or archaic news; information: the bearer of glad tidings | [in singular] : amid the clouds of gloom, this is a good tiding.

2 (tiding) rare a flock of magpies: a tiding of magpies perches in the low pines.

ORIGIN

late Old English tīdung ‘announcement, piece of news’, probably from Old Norse títhindi ‘news of events’, from títhr ‘occurring’.