Rother

//ˈɹɒðə// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A river in Derbyshire and South Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Don. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A river in Hampshire and West Sussex, England, which flows into the River Arun. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A river in Kent and East Sussex, England, which flows into the English Channel. countable, uncountable

    "Burwash, spread along a ridge between the rivers Rother and Dudwell, was an important centre of the iron industry three centuries ago when the Weald was England's main source of iron ore."

  5. 5
    A local government district in East Sussex created in 1974, which is named after the river in East Sussex. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A horned animal, especially an ox. obsolete
  2. 2
    A rudder.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English rother, ruther, reother, from Old English hrūþer, hrȳþer, byforms of hrīþer, hrīþ (“neat; ox”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunþaz, *hrinþaz. Cognate with Dutch rund (“bovine”), German Rind (“bovine; beef”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English rother, from Old English rōþor. See rudder.

Etymology 3

# For the river in South Yorkshire: Probably 'the chief river', from Middle English Roder, from Proto-Brythonic *ro + Old Welsh *duβr. # For the river in West Sussex: Back-formation from Rotherbridge. # For the river in East Sussex: Back-formation from Rotherfield. Replaced Middle English Liminel, which is cognate with River Limden.

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