wether

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: weþer

English

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

From Middle English wether, wethir, wedyr, from Old English weþer (a wether, ram), from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (wether), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (year).

Alternative forms

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

wether (plural wethers)

  1. A castrated goat.
  2. A castrated ram.
Derived terms
[edit]
Translations
[edit]
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Verb

[edit]

wether (third-person singular simple present wethers, present participle wethering, simple past and past participle wethered)

  1. (transitive) To castrate a male sheep or goat.
Translations
[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

wether

  1. Archaic spelling of weather.
    • 1527, George Joye, The storie of my state after the bishop had receyued the pryours letters[1]:
      There was a great fyer in the chamber, the wether was colde, and I saw now and then a Bishop come out;
      cited after Samuel Roffey Maitland, 1866, p. 8

Anagrams

[edit]