mither

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Variant from Middle English muther, muthir, from Old English mōdor (“mother”). More at mother.

Late 17th century, of unknown origin; * Possibly related to Middle English bemothered (“confused, perplexed”), itself probably related to Old English mēþe (“exhausting, troublesome”), Old Norse móðr (“angry, frustrated”), Middle Dutch moeden (“to tire, exhaust, disturb, trouble”). * Possibly allied to Welsh moedro (“to worry or bother”), though according to the GPC, the latter is borrowed from English. * Alternatively, possibly tied to Welsh meidda (“to beg for whey”), from maidd (“whey”). * Perhaps from Welsh meiddio (“to dare or venture”), a variant of beiddio (“to dare”). The "dd" in Welsh corresponds in sound to the "th" in mither, and English also has moider and moither.

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Interlingua: preoccupar se de bagatelas — intransitive: to mither
• Portuguese: fazer queixume — intransitive: to mither
• Russian: раздража́ть (razdražátʹ) — intransitive: to mither
• Dutch: lastigvallen — transitive to mither
• Interlingua: importunar — transitive to mither
• Portuguese: importunar — transitive to mither
• Russian: докуча́ть (dokučátʹ) — transitive to mither
• Russian: донима́ть (donimátʹ) — transitive to mither