Moither

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    to bother or harass Yorkshire, dialectal

    "Gie o'er mitherin thi brother an come help me wi t'weshin"

  2. 2
    To toil; to labour. UK, dialectal
  3. 3
    To perplex; to confuse.

    "She always had what her mother, who does not seem greatly to have cared for her, called “moithered” brains"

Example

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"Gie o'er mitherin thi brother an come help me wi t'weshin"

Etymology

See moider (“to toil, muddle, pester”)

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