different between nother vs rother

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ð?/

Etymology 1

From Middle English rother, ruther, reother, from Old English hr?þer, hr?þer, byforms of hr?þer, hr?þ (“neat; ox”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunþaz, *hrinþaz. Cognate with Dutch rund (“ox”), German Rind (“bovine; beef”).

Noun

rother (plural rothers)

1. (obsolete) A horned animal, especially an ox.

Etymology 2

From Middle English rother, from Old English r?þor. See rudder.

Noun

rother (plural rothers)

1. A rudder.

Derived terms

• rother nail

Anagrams

• rethor, rhetor

German

Adjective

rother

1. inflection of roth:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English r?þor; compare rowen.

Alternative forms

• rodder, rothre, ruder, rothyr, rothir, rothar, roþer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ro?ð?r/, /?ro?d?r/

Noun

rother (plural rothers)

2. A rudder or till; a steering implement for a ship.
3. An oar; a long stick used for a boat's propulsion.
4. (rare) One who steers a boat (i.e. using a rudder)
5. (rare) A stick for mixing malt during brewing.
6. (rare, figuratively) An administrator or director.

Descendants

• English: rudder, rother
• Scots: rudder, ruther, ruder

References

• “r??ther, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

Etymology 2

From Old English hr?þer, hr?þer.

Alternative forms

• ruþer, ryther, reother, ruther, rethur, roþer, reoþer, reþer, riþer, rether, ruðer, reðer, rither, rodder, rudder

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ruð?r/, /?r?ð?r/, /?rið?r/, /?r?ð?r/

Noun

rother (plural roþers or rothern)

2. Any kind or gender of bovine or bovid.

Descendants

• English: rother

References

• “rother, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.