▪ I. † nather, conj. Obs.
[OE. náðer, náðor, var. of nauðer, nawðer: see nauther.]
Neither.
| c 893 K. ælfred Oros. iii. i, Hie naþer næfdon siþþan ne heora namon ne heora anweald. c 1000 ælfric in Assmann Ags. Hom. (1889) 70 Næron hi..naðor ne godes scep ne godes bearn þa ᵹyt. a 1122 O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1110 Naþer ne leoht..ne nan þing mid ealle of him wæs ᵹesæwen. c 1200 Moral Ode 325 (Trin. Coll. MS.), Ne muȝe we werien naðer ne wið þurst ne wið hunger. a 1300 Cursor M. 11679 In þis wildernes es [water] nan, Naþer for vs ne for vr fee. |
▪ II. nather, -ir
obs. (chiefly Sc.) varr. of neither.