wuther
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English
Etymology
A variant of whither.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwʌðə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwʌðɚ/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈwɐðə/
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈwʊðə/
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈwʊðəɹ/
- (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈwʌðəɹ/
- Rhymes: -ʌðə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: wuth‧er
Verb
wuther (third-person singular simple present wuthers, present participle wuthering, simple past and past participle wuthered)
- Alternative form of whither
Noun
wuther (plural wuthers)
- Alternative form of whither
- 1853 January, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Auld Lang Syne”, in Villette. , volume II, London: Smith, Elder & Co., , →OCLC, page 8:
- I felt sure now that I was in the pensionnat—sure by the beating rain on the easement; sure by the ‘wuther’ of wind amongst trees, denoting a garden outside; sure by the chill, the whiteness, the solitude, amidst which I lay.
Further reading
Wuthering Heights on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
