rether

Middle English

Adverb

rether

  1. Alternative form of rathere (“more quickly, rather”)

Noun

rether

  1. Alternative form of rother (“bovine”)

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Etymology

From Middle English rether, from Old English hraþor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɾɛˈðiː/

Adverb

rether

  1. rather

References
  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 64
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