atter

See also: ater, Atter, āter, ǡter, ätter, åter, and ätter-

English

Alternative forms

• attir, etter (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English atter, ater, from Old English āttor, ǣttor, ātor (“poison”), from Proto-West Germanic *ait(t)r, from Proto-Germanic *aitrą (“gland, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyd-, *h₂oyd- (“tumor, abscess”).

Cognate with Scots attir (“corrupt matter, pus”), Scots atter, etter (“poison, venom”), Shetlandic eter (“poison; bitter cold”), Saterland Frisian Atter (“pus”), Dutch etter (“pus”), German Eiter (“poison, pus”), Danish edder, ædder (“venom”), Swedish etter (“poison, venom, virulence”), Norwegian eiter (“venom”), Icelandic eitur (“poison”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈætə/
• Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)

Noun

atter (plural atters)

1. (archaic or UK dialectal) Poison, venom, especially of a venomous animal.
2. (archaic or UK dialectal) Pus, corrupt or morbid matter from a sore or wound.
3. (UK dialectal) Epithelium produced on the tongue.
4. (UK dialectal) A scab; a dry sore.

Derived terms

• attercop
• atteril
• attering
• atterly
• attermite
• attern
• atter-pile
• atterscar
• attery

Verb

atter (third-person singular simple present atters, present participle attering, simple past and past participle attered)

1. (UK dialectal) To venom; sting.
2. (UK dialectal) To discharge, as a sore; clot; curdle; cake.

Anagrams

• Ratte, Treat, ratte, tater, teart, tetra, tetra-, treat

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse aptr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atər/, [ˈad̥ɐ]
• Rhymes: -atʌ

Adverb

atter

1. again

Synonyms

• igen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse aptr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑtːər/
• Rhymes: -ər

Adverb

atter

1. again

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse aptr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑtːɛr/

Adverb

atter

1. aft (in the back of a boat)
2. (mostly poetic) again
   • 1860, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Vaaren:

     […] Heggen og Tre, som der Blomar er paa, eg atter saag bløma.

     […] once again I saw the bird cherry and the flowering trees in bloom.

References

• “atter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.