| 释义 |
▪ I. nither, v. Obs. exc. north. dial. and Sc.|ˈnɪðə(r)|
Forms: α. 1 niðerian, nyðerian, (h)niðrian, 2 nytheren (2–3 niþeren, 3 niþþrenn), 7– Sc. and north. nither; 6 Sc. nydder, 8 nidder. β. 3 neoðerien, 5, 7 Sc. and north. nether, 7 Sc. nedder.
[OE. niðerian, etc. (also ᵹeniðerian) = OFris. (for)nedria, MDu. ned(e)ren, nideren, MLG. ned(d)eren, OHG. nideren, (gi)nidiran, etc. (MHG. nideren, -ern, G. niederen, -ern), ON. niðra (Norw. nedra, Sw. -nedra, Da. -nedre), f. niðer, niþer, nether adv.2]
trans. To bring or thrust down, to bring low, abase, humble, oppress, straiten, etc. (Also, in OE., to condemn.)
αc825Vesp. Psalter xciii. 21 [Hie] ᵹeheftað in sawle ðes rehtwisan, & blod unsceðende niðeriað. c900Judith 113 Gæst ellor hwearf under neowelne næs & ðær ᵹenyðerad wæs. c950Lindisf. Gosp. Luke xiv. 11 Eᵹhuelc seðe hine ahebbað ᵹehniðrad bið [c 1000 bið ᵹenyþerud, c 1160byð ᵹenyþered]. a1122O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1100 Godes cyrcean he nyðerade. c1175Lamb. Hom. 117 Swa he bið eft iniþered on þan neoþemest pinan. c1200Ormin 8032 Þe laþe gast Aȝȝ niþþreþþ Godess genge. c1205Lay. 25235 Iniðered wurðe þe ilke mon þe þer to nule helpen. 1513Douglas æneis viii. viii. 41 On ȝonder syde ar the Rutulianis rude, Nyddris our boundis. 1605Aberd. Reg. (1848) II. 276 Thay find not onlie the Kingis gett to be nithered but also the aforesaid choip to be ane gryt..preiudice to the gett. 17..Ramsay Genty Tibby iii, We're obliged to nither Our spacious sauls' immense desires. 1768Ross Helenore i. 46 Sair are we nidder'd, that is what ye ken. 1813Picken in Harp of Renfrewsh. (1819) Pref. 71 Winter nithers a' below. 1876W. Yorks. Gloss. s.v., I am nithered with cold.
βc1205Lay. 5152 Heo commen in to þen lond and neoðerien þa leoden. c1450Holland Howlat 57 My neb is netherit as a nok, I am bot ane Owle. Ibid. 105, I am netherit ane Owll thus be Natur. 1603Prophecies (Bann. Cl.) 28 Noroway hath neddered them and to neede brought. 1691Ray N.C. Words 52 Netherd, starved with Cold.
Hence ˈnithering vbl. n.
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. iv. xiii. [xvii] (1890) 302 He hi fram yrmþum ecre nyþerunge..ᵹenerede. c950Lindisf. Gosp. Luke x. 19 Ic salde iuh mæht henisæs vel hniðrunges [Rushw. niðrunge] on-ufa nedrum. a1100in Napier O.E. Glosses i. 1864 Detrimenta, niþerunga. 1375Barbour Bruce xix. 155 That on na wyss suld I Giff consaill till hys nethring. 1599Aberd. Reg. (1848) II. 187 They had committit purpresture in niddering of the kingis commoun gett, and sawing of cornis theirvpon.
▪ II. nither
obs. form of neither. |