nither
1 of 3transitive verb
nith·er
ˈnit͟hə(r)
-ed/-ing/-s
chiefly Scottish
1
: debase, humiliate
2
: blast, blight
nithered plants
nither
2 of 3intransitive verb
"
-ed/-ing/-s
chiefly Scottish
: to shiver or tremble especially with cold
nither
3 of 3"
dialectal variant of neither
Word History
Etymology
Transitive verb
Middle English nitheren, from Old English nitherian; akin to Old High German nideren to lower, debase, Old Norse nithra to lower; all from a prehistoric North Germanic-West Germanic verb derivative from the root of Old English nither down
Intransitive verb
probably of Scandinavian origin