tother

Or t'oth·er

[tuhth-er]

adjective

Older Use.

1. that other; the other.

tother

/ ˈtʌðə /

adjective

1. archaic,  the other

Word History and Origins

Origin of tother¹

1175–1225; Middle English the tother for thet other, variant of that other the other; that, other

Word History and Origins

Origin of tother¹

C13 the tother, by mistaken division from thet other ( thet, from Old English thæt, neuter of _the ¹ )

Example Sentences

Mrs. Quinn—Ye know, I had a mad sort of a dream tother night.

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He hed one fault, an’ that wor just same as all tother Haworth celebrates, he wod talk oud fashund, an’ that willant due up at London. 

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Wickliffe's translation of the Bible: Matthew xxiv, has: Two wymmen schulen be gryndynge in oo querne; oon schal be taken and the tother left.

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"Why!" retorted the interlocutor, tartly, "do you think I don't know tother from which?"

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Squire be by my place 'tother day when I be 'avin' a bit o' quiet pipe by my gate, same as you might be, Luther Cherriman, an' 'e stops—which 'e ain't been in the 'abit o' doin'—an' 'e says, ''Ullo, George,' 'e says, 'bain't you the man as allus used to keep a pig ereabouts?'

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