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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English atter, ater, from Old English āttor, ǣttor, ātor (“poison”), from Proto-West Germanic *ait(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *aitrą (“gland, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyd-, *h₂oyd- (“tumor, abscess”).
Cognate with Scots attir (“corrupt matter, pus”), Scots atter, etter (“poison, venom”), Shetlandic eter (“poison; bitter cold”), Saterland Frisian Atter (“pus”), Dutch etter (“pus”), German Eiter (“poison, pus”), Danish edder, ædder (“venom”), Swedish etter (“poison, venom, virulence”), Norwegian eiter (“venom”), Icelandic eitur (“poison”).
Pronunciation
Noun
atter (plural atters)
- (archaic or UK dialectal) Poison, venom, especially of a venomous animal.
- (archaic or UK dialectal) Pus, corrupt or morbid matter from a sore or wound.
- (UK dialectal) Epithelium produced on the tongue.
- (UK dialectal) A scab; a dry sore.
Derived terms
Verb
atter (third-person singular simple present atters, present participle attering, simple past and past participle attered)
- (UK dialectal) To venom; sting.
- (UK dialectal) To discharge, as a sore; clot; curdle; cake.
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse aptr.
Pronunciation
Adverb
atter
- again
Synonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse aptr.
Pronunciation
Adverb
atter
- again
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse aptr.
Pronunciation
Adverb
atter
- aft (in the back of a boat)
- (chiefly poetic) again
1860, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Vaaren:[…] Heggen og Tre, som der Blomar er paa, eg atter saag bløma.- once again I saw the bird cherry and the flowering trees in bloom.
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