different between nother vs nither

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?ð?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?ð?/
• Rhymes: -?ð?(?)

Etymology 1

From Old English n?hwæþer. Compare neither, nauther.

Pronoun

nother

1. (obsolete outside Britain and Caribbean dialects) Neither.

Adjective

nother (not comparable)

1. (obsolete outside Britain and Caribbean dialects) Neither.

Etymology 2

Variant of an other, another, influenced by re-analysis as a nother. Compare Middle English a noþer.

Pronoun

nother

1. (obsolete) Another.

Adjective

nother (not comparable)

1. (largely obsolete outside the US phrase a whole nother) Different, other.

Anagrams

• Hornet, Rhoten, Theron, Thoren, Thorne, enhort, hornet, other'n, throne

Middle English

Adverb

nother

1. nor

Yola

Alternative forms

• noor

Etymology

Cognate with English nother (“another”).

Adjective

nother

1. other

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Adjective

nither (comparative nithermore, superlative nithermost)

1. Alternative form of nether

Adverb

nither (comparative more nither, superlative most nither)

1. Alternative form of nether

Verb

nither (third-person singular simple present nithers, present participle nithering, simple past and past participle nithered)

1. Alternative form of nether

Noun

nither (plural nithers)

1. Alternative form of nether

Anagrams

• hinter, their'n, theirn

Old Dutch

Adverb

nither

1. down

References

• Altniederfränkischer Psalm 1