different between nother vs norther

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

Etymology

north +? -er

Pronunciation

• (noun, verb) IPA^(key): /?n??(?)??(?)/
• (adjective) IPA^(key): /?n??(?)ð?(?)/

Noun

norther (plural northers)

1. A strong north wind.
2. south wind

Derived terms

• blue norther

Verb

norther (third-person singular simple present northers, present participle northering, simple past and past participle northered)

1. Of the wind: to move toward the north.

Adjective

norther

1. (archaic, dialectal) comparative form of north: more north; northern

Derived terms

• northerly

Anagrams

• Thorner, horrent