Obs. Forms: 4 ledron, 5 lyd(e)ron, -eryn, lydrun, lidrone, 5–6 lidderon, 6 lydderyn, lydderne, liddurn. [Perh. a. OF. ladron (see LADRONE), influenced by lidder LITHER a.] A rascal, blackguard.
13[?]. K. Alis., 3210. Mony ledron, mony schrewe.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 303/2. Lydron, or lyderon (MS. H. and Pynson lydrun, or lyderyn), lidorus [? = Gr. λοίδορος railer]. Hec quedam glosa super correctione Biblie.
c. 1440. York Myst., xxxi. 167. To se nowe þis lidderon her he leggis oure lawes. Ibid., 187. Say … whare ledde ȝe þis lidrone.
1523. Skelton, Garl. Laurel, 188. Some lidderons [MS. liddurns], some losels, some noughty packis. Ibid. (1526), Magnyf., 1945. Lydderyns so lytell set by Goddes lawes. Ibid. (a. 1529), Agst. Venemous Tongues, Wks. 1843, I. 133. To taunt theim like liddrous [sic], lewde as thei bee.
1553. Bale, Vocacyon, Pref. 3 b. It is better (they saye in Northfolke) that yonge lyddernes wepe, than olde men.
