FromOld Englishnōhwæþer. Compareneither,nauther.
nother
- (obsolete outsideUK andCaribbeandialects)Neither.
nother (notcomparable)
- (obsolete outsideUK andCaribbeandialects)Neither.
Variant ofan other,another,rebracketed asa nother. CompareMiddle Englisha noþer.
nother
- (obsolete)Another.
nother (notcomparable)
- (chieflyUS,informal)Different,other.
2009 October 1, Don Chaikin, “Long-Term Test Cars: Azera, Sedon M35, Highlander Hybrid, Liberty Sport CRD, Cobalt SS”, in Jim Meigs, editor,Popular Mechanics[1], New York, N.Y.:The Hearst Corporation,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on2013-10-01:Executing it all well, with the feel, look and operation of a real luxury car, is a wholenother ball of wax.
2015, L. T. Wolf,The World King,→ISBN:He has said elfsheen fournother ways — elfsheen, elfshine, elfshone, elfshyne.
nother
- alternative form ofnouther
1485, Thomas Malory, edited byEugène Vinaver,Le Morte d'Arthur[2],1947, book XVIII:Than the quene seyde, ‘Syr, as Jesu be my helpe!’ She wyst nat how,nother in what manere.- Then the Queen said, ‘Sir, for Jesus help me!’ She knew not how,nor in what manner.
1470–1485 (date produced),Thomas Malory, “Capitulum ii”, in[Le Morte Darthur], book VII, [London:[…] byWilliam Caxton], published31 July 1485,→OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor,Le Morte Darthur […], London:David Nutt, […],1889,→OCLC,page214:Syre he ſayd / ther of be as it be may I haue aſked that I wylle aſke / wel ſayd the kynge ye ſhal have mete & drynke ynouȝ / I neuer deffended ƿt none /nother my frende ne my foo- Sire, he said, that is it; I have asked what I would ask. Well, said the king, you shall have meat and drink enough. I never took vengence with any,neither my friend nor my foe.
Variant ofanoor(“another”), influenced by re-analysis asa nother.
nother
- other
- Synonym:oother
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page59
