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SWITHER | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Meaning of swither in English to be uncertain about what to do or choose : He'd swithered for ages wondering what to do.
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SWITHER Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SWITHER is doubt, waver.
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Scots Word of the Season: 'Swither' - The Bottle Imp
Used as a noun, swither often indicates a state of indecision or doubt, as we see in Alan Ramsay's description of the errant knight that “stands some Time in ...
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swither
▪ I. swither, n. Sc. and dial. (ˈswɪðə(r)) Also 8–9 swidder (see Eng. Dial. Dict.). [f. swither v.1] 1. A state of agitation or excitement; a flurry, fluster.a 1768 Gude Wallace xvii. in Child Ballads vi. 268 The gude wife ran but, the gude man ran ben, They pat the house all in a swither. 1785 Burn...
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SWITHER Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
noun. British Dialect. a state of confusion, excitement, or perplexity. swither. / ˈswɪðər /. verb. to hesitate; vacillate; be perplexed. “Collins English ...
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swither, v.¹ meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the verb swither is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for swither is from around 1553, in the writing of Gavin Douglas ...
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SWITHER definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
2 senses: 1. to hesitate; vacillate; be perplexed 2. hesitation; perplexity; agitation.... Click for more definitions.
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Swither - Scots Language Centre
SWITHER v. to be in two minds, to hesitate. There are several different words in the Dictionary of the Scots Language (www.dsl.ac.uk) with ...
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swither - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
swither · Contents · English · Scots. edit. Etymology. edit. First attested in 1501; of unknown origin. Pronunciation. edit · IPA: /ˈswɪðər/. Verb. edit.
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EpicentRx Word of the Week: Swither
Swither verb chiefly Scottish SWITH-uhr Definition: : to doubt or hesitate; to dither. Example sentence: “They swithered for ages about what to do and what to ...
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Swither - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
agitation resulting from active worry. synonyms: fret, lather, stew, sweat. see moresee less. type of: agitation. a mental state of extreme emotional ...
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swithe
swithe, v. Obs. exc. dial. (swid). Forms: 3 swiðe, -sweðen, 4 swiþe, pa. tense swath, 4 swyþe, 5 pa. pple. -swythyn, 6 pa. pple. swithen. [a. ON. sv{iacu}ða, pa. tense sveið, pa. pple. sviðinn to singe, to smart (MSw. swidha, swe(e)dh, swidhin to singe (trans. and intr.), to smart, Sw. svida to smar...
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swith
swith, adv. arch. or dial. (in later use chiefly Sc.) (swɪθ) Forms: α. 1–3 swiðe, 1–4 swyðe, 1–5 swiþe, 2–3 swuðe, 2–4 suithe, suythe, (2 swuþe, 3 swðe), 3–4 suyþe, 4 (Ayenb.) zuyþe, 4–5 swyþe, suiþe, (swyde ?), (4 squiþe, squyþe, 4–5 squythe, 5 squithe, sqwithe), 4–6 swythe, 3–5, 9 arch. and rare s...
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sight
▪ I. sight, n.1 (saɪt) Forms: α. 1 sihð, 2–3 sihðe (3 sihh-), 4 siþe, 4–5 sith, syth, 5 sythte; 1 sighð, 3 sig(ð)he, sihȝeðe, 4 ziȝþe, zyȝþe, 5 syȝth, 6 sygth. β. 2–3 syhte, 2–4 siht(e, 3 seht(e, sichte, 4–6 Sc. sicht, sycht, 7 Sc. seicht; 3–4 seȝt (4 seiȝt), 3–5 siȝt(e, 4 -tte), siȝhte, syȝt(e; 3 s...
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