Mithered vs Nithered - What's the difference?
mithered | nithered |
(mither)
(Northern England) To make an unnecessary fuss, moan, bother.
To pester or irritate someone. Usually directed at children.
(Scotland, Northern England) Very cold; shrivelled with cold.
* 1985 , Sheelagh Kelly, A long way from heaven
*1993 , (Pat Barker), The Eye in the Door'', Penguin 2014 (''The Regeneration Trilogy ), p. 344:
*:‘You'll be warm enough.’
*:‘I bloody won't. I'm nithered now.’
* 2003 , Howard Peach, Curious Tales of Old North Yorkshire
* 2004 , Ken McCoy, Jacky Boy
As a verb mithered
is past tense of mither.As an adjective nithered is
very cold; shrivelled with cold.mithered
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*mither
English
Etymology 1
Late 17th century, unknown origin, possibly (etyl) moedrodd to worry or bother. Possible alternative from the (etyl) . Bear in mind that the "dd" in Welsh corresponds in sound to the "th" in mither, and English also has moider and moither.Verb
- Will you stop mithering me!
Etymology 2
Late variant of (etyl) .Anagrams
* ---- ==Jèrriais==nithered
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I did spend a couple o' nights out in the open but I got so bloody nithered I couldn't sleep. I daren't sleep any road, 'cause it were that bloody cold...
- Talk About Nithered ! In several severe winters - 1739, 1880, 1963 - the Hardraw waterfall at Hawes had become a giant icicle, just under 100 feet long.
- I'm fair nithered , sat sittin' here in this bloody draught.