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English
Etymology
From nither + -ed.
Pronunciation
Adjective
nithered (comparative more nithered, superlative most nithered)
- (Scotland, Northern England) Very cold; shrivelled with cold.
1985, Sheelagh Kelly, A long way from heaven:I did spend a couple o' nights out in the open but I got so bloody nithered I couldn't sleep. I daren't sleep any road, 'cause it were that bloody cold...
1993, Pat Barker, The Eye in the Door (The Regeneration Trilogy), Penguin, published 2014, page 344:‘You'll be warm enough.’
‘I bloody won't. I'm nithered now.’
2003, Howard Peach, Curious Tales of Old North Yorkshire:Talk About Nithered! In several severe winters - 1739, 1880, 1963 - the Hardraw waterfall at Hawes had become a giant icicle, just under 100 feet long.
2004, Ken McCoy, Jacky Boy:I'm fair nithered, sat sittin' here in this bloody draught.
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