English
hidelings
From hide + -lings.
Formed from hide + -lings
Proto-Germanic *huzdą ‘treasure, hoard’
Proto-Germanic *huzdijaną ‘to hoard’
Proto-West Germanic *huʀdijan ‘to conceal’
Old English hȳdan ‘to hide’
Middle English hiden ‘to conceal’
English hide
Today it means
adv In a clandestine manner; secretly; stealthily; furtively; in secret.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hidelings