swither

How to use swither in a sentence

• He seemed to be in a swither whether to return home, to follow ye, or to lie down and die by the road.

  Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 | Alexander Leighton

• Strong cruel brutes, they did not swither a moment, but both leaped at M'Iver's throat.

  John Splendid | Neil Munro

• The whole works ud be in a swither 'fore iver we'd time to ax what was comin'.

  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 | Various

• Meanwhile the big mother moose was thrashing around in the bushes in a terrible swither, calling her calf to come.

  Wood Folk at School | William J. Long

• A the folk say there was nae doubt about it, and sae does my mother, but my father was aye in a swither; he thought it couldna be.

  Merkland | Mrs. Oliphant