ither - Hamely Tongue
Source: The Hamely Tongue: A Personal Record of Ulster-Scots in County Antrim
Author: James Fenton
Comments: ‘The Hamely Tongue’ has been widely acclaimed as the authoritative record of contemporary (surviving) Ulster-Scots in its heartland of County Antrim where James Fenton faithfully recorded his dictionary items among a network of other native speakers over a 30-year period. This searchable online version of his book takes its text from ‘Part One’ of the fourth edition of 2014 and includes over 3000 word entries. The book preliminaries, supplementary word lists and end matter have been excluded.
ither ~ other; each other (They wud kill ither). agane ither (leaning) against each other (Stan them agane ither); at loggerheads, in opposition (hae been agane ither iver since thon) amang ither amongst themselves, etc. (a’ freens amang ither; stannin whusperin amang ither). at ither (see at). efter ither in succession (twa blarges efter ither); in single file (wakkin efter ither). frae ither apart (Poo them frae ither. They daenae lake being ower lang frae ither). nixt ither beside each ither (Well why ir they aye sittin nixt ither?). tae ither (of people, usu. w. oanythin/somethin) related in any/some way (Is them an the ither Elshinders oanythin tae ither?). wae ither together, in company (If yous is a’ wae ither, the yin table’ll dae, sure). (See tither2.)
