different between tetter vs tatter

English

Etymology 1

From Old English teter.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?t?/, /-??/
• Rhymes: -?t?, -?t?(?)
• Hyphenation: tet?ter

Noun

tetter (countable and uncountable, plural tetters)

1. (now rare) Any of various pustular skin conditions.

   • heal this tetter of pedagogism that bespreads him

   • A scabby tetter on their pelts will stick

Translations

Verb

tetter (third-person singular simple present tetters, present participle tettering, simple past and past participle tettered)

1. To affect with tetter.

Etymology 2

Corruption of "potato".

Noun

tetter (plural tetters)

1. (Regional Dixieland vernacular, obsolete) Potato, or sweet potato root.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tetter

1. present of tette

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæt?(?)/
• Rhymes: -æt?(r)

Etymology 1

Apparently a back-formation from tattered.

Noun

tatter (plural tatters)

1. A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing.

Translations

Verb

tatter (third-person singular simple present tatters, present participle tattering, simple past and past participle tattered)

1. (transitive) To destroy an article of clothing etc. by shredding.
2. (intransitive) To fall into tatters.

Etymology 2

tat +? -er

Noun

tatter (plural tatters)

1. A person engaged in tatting.

Translations

German

Pronunciation

Verb

tatter

1. inflection of tattern:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative