luther
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Yola[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From earlier /lɛˈðiː/, from Middle English lether, from Old English leþer, from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą. Cognate with English leather (verb).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
luther
- to beat
- to cover with leather
- 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 106:
- A plaauge apan Portheare! Hea'de luther me waal,
- A plague upon Porter, he'd hide me well,
References[edit]
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 55