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noun (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
noun a heap of dung or refuse
originFrom Middle English midding, myddyng, from Old Danish mykdyngja, (a compound of Old Norse myk, myki (“muck, manure”) and dyngja (“dung, dungpile”)), whence also Danish møgdynge and mødding, Norwegian mødding, dialectal Swedish mödding.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0