"atter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈætə/ Forms: atters [plural]
Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ) 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|atter}} Middle English atter, {{m|enm|ater}} ater, {{inh|en|ang|āttor}} Old English āttor, {{m|ang|ǣttor}} ǣttor, {{m|ang|ātor|t=poison}} ātor (“poison”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*ait(t)r}} Proto-West Germanic *ait(t)r, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*aitrą|t=gland, matter}} Proto-Germanic *aitrą (“gland, matter”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂eyd-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyd-, {{m|ine-pro|*h₂oyd-|t=tumor, abscess}} *h₂oyd- (“tumor, abscess”), {{cog|sco|attir||corrupt matter, pus}} Scots attir (“corrupt matter, pus”), {{cog|sco|atter}} Scots atter, {{m|sco|etter||poison, venom}} etter (“poison, venom”), {{m|sco|eter||poison; bitter cold}} eter (“poison; bitter cold”), {{cog|stq|Atter||pus}} Saterland Frisian Atter (“pus”), {{cog|nl|etter||pus}} Dutch etter (“pus”), {{cog|de|Eiter||poison, pus}} German Eiter (“poison, pus”), {{cog|da|edder}} Danish edder, {{m|da|ædder||venom}} ædder (“venom”), {{cog|sv|etter||poison, venom, virulence}} Swedish etter (“poison, venom, virulence”), {{cog|no|eiter||venom}} Norwegian eiter (“venom”), {{cog|is|eitur||poison}} Icelandic eitur (“poison”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} atter (plural atters)
  1. (archaic or UK dialectal) Poison, venom, especially of a venomous animal.
    Sense id: en-atter-en-noun--2UOJILd Categories (other): British English
  2. (archaic or UK dialectal) Pus, corrupt or morbid matter from a sore or wound. Categories (topical): Poisons
    Sense id: en-atter-en-noun-FzsCwtWI Disambiguation of Poisons: 22 35 11 5 19 9 Categories (other): British English
  3. (UK dialectal) Epithelium produced on the tongue. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-atter-en-noun-bhqCnvwR Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 34 42 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 22 46 8 9 7
  4. (UK dialectal) A scab; a dry sore. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-atter-en-noun-sKmH-5Is Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: attir, etter [Scotland] Derived forms: attercop, atteril, attering, atterly, attermite, attern, atter-pile, atterscar, attery

Verb

IPA: /ˈætə/ Forms: atters [present, singular, third-person], attering [participle, present], attered [participle, past], attered [past]
Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ) 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|atter}} Middle English atter, {{m|enm|ater}} ater, {{inh|en|ang|āttor}} Old English āttor, {{m|ang|ǣttor}} ǣttor, {{m|ang|ātor|t=poison}} ātor (“poison”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*ait(t)r}} Proto-West Germanic *ait(t)r, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*aitrą|t=gland, matter}} Proto-Germanic *aitrą (“gland, matter”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂eyd-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyd-, {{m|ine-pro|*h₂oyd-|t=tumor, abscess}} *h₂oyd- (“tumor, abscess”), {{cog|sco|attir||corrupt matter, pus}} Scots attir (“corrupt matter, pus”), {{cog|sco|atter}} Scots atter, {{m|sco|etter||poison, venom}} etter (“poison, venom”), {{m|sco|eter||poison; bitter cold}} eter (“poison; bitter cold”), {{cog|stq|Atter||pus}} Saterland Frisian Atter (“pus”), {{cog|nl|etter||pus}} Dutch etter (“pus”), {{cog|de|Eiter||poison, pus}} German Eiter (“poison, pus”), {{cog|da|edder}} Danish edder, {{m|da|ædder||venom}} ædder (“venom”), {{cog|sv|etter||poison, venom, virulence}} Swedish etter (“poison, venom, virulence”), {{cog|no|eiter||venom}} Norwegian eiter (“venom”), {{cog|is|eitur||poison}} Icelandic eitur (“poison”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} atter (third-person singular simple present atters, present participle attering, simple past and past participle attered)
  1. (UK dialectal) To venom; sting. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-atter-en-verb-1FTU5JJU Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK dialectal) To discharge, as a sore; clot; curdle; cake. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-atter-en-verb-aMYGwqkV Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: attir, etter [Scotland]

Inflected forms

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