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Definition of Mither
1. Verb. (intransitive Northern England) To make an unnecessary fuss, moan, bother. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To pester or irritate someone. Usually directed at children. ¹
3. Noun. (Scotland and Northern England) mother ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mither
1. mother [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mither
Literary usage of Mither
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"mither [mother]. Thy matter's person, grace an' merit, Add. to Illegit. Child.
Gude grant that thou may ay inherit Just five and forty years thegither! ..."
2. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1886)
"I thocht it hard at first, mither, To leave you here alane; But God will care
... I used to gang to Foulis, mither, To pu' the bonnie flowers ; But bonnier ..."
3. The Household Book of Poetry by Charles Anderson Dana (1882)
"Oh 1 hae killed my fader deir, mither, mither: Oh I hae killed my fader deir ...
He set my feit in zonder boat, mither, mither: lie set my feit in zonder ..."
4. English Poems by Walter Cochrane Bronson (1910)
"My deir son, now tell me, O." "He set my feit in yonder boat, mither ... "He let
thame stand tul they doun fa, mither, mither; lie let thame stand tul they ..."
5. Golden Poems by British and American Authors by Francis Fisher Browne (1906)
"How shall ye dwell on earth awa' frae me ? " " O mither, dinna dee !" " O bairn,
by night or day I hear nae sounds ava', But voices of winds that blaw, ..."
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