wuther

A variant of whither.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwʌðə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwʌðəɹ/
• Rhymes: -ʌðə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: wuth‧er

wuther (third-person singular simple present wuthers, present participle wuthering, simple past and past participle wuthered)

1. Alternative form of whither

wuther (plural wuthers)

1. Alternative form of whither
   • 1853 January, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Auld Lang Syne”, in Villette. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 8:

     I felt sure now that I was in the pensionnat—sure by the beating rain on the easement; sure by the ‘wuther’ of wind amongst trees, denoting a garden outside; sure by the chill, the whiteness, the solitude, amidst which I lay.

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