different between attery vs attern

English

Alternative forms

• attry
• aitrie, aittrie, etri (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English attery, attry, attri, ætri?, from Old English ?ttri?, ?tri? (“poisonous”), from Proto-Germanic *aitr?gaz (“poisonous”), equivalent to atter (“poison”) +? -y. Cognate with Dutch etterig (“purulent”), German eiterig (“purulent, festering”), Swedish ettrig (“poisonous”).

Adjective

attery (comparative more attery, superlative most attery)

1. (dialectal or archaic) Poisonous; venomous
2. (dialectal or archaic) Pernicious
3. (of a wound or sore, dialectal or archaic) Purulent; containing pus or matter
4. (of mood or disposition, dialectal or archaic) Bad-tempered; spiteful; quarrelsome; peevish; angry; hot-headed
5. (of weather, dialectal or archaic) Cold; bleak; grim

Synonyms

• atterly

Noun

attery (uncountable)

1. (of weather, dialectal or archaic) Cold, bleak weather.

Related terms

• atter

Anagrams

• treaty, yatter

English

Etymology

From Middle English attern, from Old English ?tren (“poisoned, poisonous, venomous”), from Proto-West Germanic *ait(t)r?n (“poisonous”). Equivalent to atter +? -en.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æt?(?)n

Adjective

attern (comparative more attern, superlative most attern)

1. (Britain dialectal) Venomous; poisonous.
2. (Britain dialectal, of people) Cruel; fierce; ill-natured.

Derived terms

• attern-temper

Anagrams

• Arnett, natter, ratten, tarten, treant

Middle English

Alternative forms

• atterne, hatterne

Etymology

From Old English ?tren, ættern, from Proto-West Germanic *ait(t)r?n.

Adjective

attern

1. Containing poison; poisonous, venomous.

Descendants

• English: attern

References

• “attern, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.