I. ˈnithə(r) transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English nitheren, from Old English nitherian; akin to Old High German nideren to lower, debase, Old Norse nithra to lower; all from a prehistoric North Germanic-West Germanic verb derivative from the root of Old English nither down — more at nether
chiefly Scotland
1. : debase , humiliate
2. : blast , blight
nithered plants
II. intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin
chiefly Scotland : to shiver or tremble especially with cold
III.
dialect
variant of neither