nither
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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There dwelt a man in faire Westmerland, Jonnë Armestrong men did him call, He had nither lands nor rents coming in, Yet he kept eight score men in his hall.
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank
The words either, neither, deceit, conceit, receipt, are generally pronounced by the Eastern people ither, nither, desate, consate, resate.
From Noah Webster American Men of Letters by Scudder, Horace E.
Young girls are like timorsome birds; they do not over-relish being hurried or spoken harshly to nither.
From Pathfinder; or, the inland sea by Cooper, James Fenimore
Well, I never rub'd my back agin a collige, nor git no sheepskin, and allow the Apostuls didn't nither.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
If ai is different from e, then again and agen cannot be the same word, and if i and e are neither identical nor equivalent, nither and neether are two different words.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various
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