nither

1 of 3

transitive verb

nith·​er

ˈnit͟hə(r)

-ed/-ing/-s

chiefly Scottish

1

: debase, humiliate

2

: blast, blight

nithered plants

nither

2 of 3

intransitive 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

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