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Webster 1913 Edition

Wether

Weth′er

,
Noun.
[OE.
wether
, AS.
weðer
; akin to OS.
wethar
,
withar
, a ram, D.
weder
, G.
widder
, OHG.
widar
, Icel.
veðr
, Sw.
vädur
, Dan.
vædder
, Goth.
wiþrus
a lamb, L.
vitulus
calf, Skr.
vatsa
, L.
vetus
old, Gr.
ἔτοσ
year; – originally meaning, a yearling. Cf.
Veal
,
Veteran
.]
A castrated ram.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wether

WETHER

,
Noun.
A ram castrated.

Definition 2024

wether

wether

See also: weþer

English

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Noun

wether ‎(plural wethers)

  1. A castrated buck goat.
  2. A castrated ram.
  3. Archaic spelling of weather.
    • 1527, George Joye, The storie of my state after the bishop had receyued the pryours letters:
      There was a great fyer in the chamber, the wether was colde, and I saw now and then a Bishop come out;
      (cited after Samuel Roffey Maitland, 1866, p. 8)

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Verb

wether ‎(third-person singular simple present wethers, present participle wethering, simple past and past participle wethered)

  1. (transitive) To castrate a male sheep or goat.

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Etymology

From Middle English wether, wethir, wedyr, from Old English weþer ‎(“a wether, ram”), from Proto-Germanic *weþruz ‎(“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- ‎(“year”). Cognate with Scots weddir, woddir, wadder ‎(“wether”), Dutch weder, weer ‎(“wether”), German Widder ‎(“wether, ram”), Swedish vädur ‎(“wether, ram”), Icelandic veður ‎(“wether, ram”), Latin vitulus ‎(“calf”).

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