lether

English

Noun

lether (countable and uncountable, plural lethers)

1. Obsolete spelling of leather

Cornish

Alternative forms

(Revived Middle Cornish) lyther

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin littera.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛθɐr]

Noun

lether m (plural letherow)

1. letter, epistle

Middle English

Alternative forms

• lethere, lethir, lethyr, leþer, leþyr, leþir, leddyr, ledder, leddur, leddir, ledyr, leder

Etymology

Inherited from Old English leþer, from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą, from Proto-Indo-European *letróm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛðər/, /ˈlɛːðər/, /ˈlɛdər/

Noun

lether (plural letheris)

1. leather (tanned animal hides)
2. A leather good or item.
3. An unworked or untanned hide.
4. (rare, Late Middle English) An ocular tumor.

Derived terms

• letheren
• letheryd

Descendants

• English: leather
• Scots: lether, ledder, leither
• Yola: luther

References

• “lether, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-24.

Adjective

lether

1. leather (manufactured out of leather)

Descendants

• English: leather

References

• “lether, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-24.