wuther
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A variant of whither.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwʌðə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwʌðəɹ/
- Rhymes: -ʌðə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: wuth‧er
Verb[edit]
wuther (third-person singular simple present wuthers, present participle wuthering, simple past and past participle wuthered)
- Alternative form of whither
Noun[edit]
wuther (plural wuthers)
- Alternative form of whither
- 1853 January, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Auld Lang Syne”, in Villette. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 8:
- I felt sure now that I was in the pensionnat—sure by the beating rain on the easement; sure by the ‘wuther’ of wind amongst trees, denoting a garden outside; sure by the chill, the whiteness, the solitude, amidst which I lay.
Further reading[edit]
- Wuthering Heights on Wikipedia.Wikipedia