nether

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Lower; under.
2. Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.

Adv

1. Down; downward.
2. Low; low down.

Verb

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.
3. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.
4. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble.
5. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To depreciate; disparage; undervalue.

Noun

1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.
2. A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.

Sinonieme

under

lower

inferior

down

low

chthonian

subaltern

chthonic

downwards

adown

below

downbound

beneath

down below

downstairs

infra

junior

subjacent

underlying

to the bottom

Vertalings

inferior

inférieur

κάτω

cehennem

unter

κατώτερος

bas

inferiore

inferior

subterrâneo

bajo

alt

baix

sotterraneo

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/nɛð.ə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: nether

Geërf van Old English: niþera

Verwante met Nederlands: neder

Verwante met Duits: nieder

Verwante met Luxemburgs: nidder

Verwante met Deens: -

Verwante met Noors: -

Verwante met Sweeds: ned

Verwante met Sweeds: nedre

Verwante met Faroëes: -

Verwante met Yslands: niður

Geërf van Middle English: nitheren

Geërf van Old English: niþerian

In summary

From Middle English nether, nethere, nithere, from Old English niþera (“lower, under, lowest”, adjective), from niþer, niþor (“below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an inferior position”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, *niþra (“down”), from Proto-Indo-European *ni-, *nei- (“in, down”). Cognates include Dutch neder, German nieder, Luxembourgish nidder, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ned, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish nedre (“lower”), Faroese and Icelandic niður.