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单词 nithering
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nitheringn.

Forms: see nither v. and -ing suffix1; also Scottish pre-1700 nethring.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nither v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < nither v. + -ing suffix1.
Obsolete (Scottish in later use).
Humiliation, abasement; condemnation; diminishment.In quot. OE2: damage, loss.
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society > authority > subjection > [noun] > to oppressive rule
yokeeOE
nitheringeOE
underputtingc1440
servitude?1473
compression1816
downtroddenness1868
society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > [noun] > suppression or repression
suppressingc1400
repression?a1425
oppressionc1430
repressing1431
suppression1487
nithering1489
repressa1500
abolition1529
abolishment1538
abolishing?1540
repressal1593
suppressal1612
compressure1644
repressment1837
crackdown1935
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [noun]
earth-tilthOE
earth-tillingOE
tilling?c1225
delving1377
laboura1393
land-tillingc1420
culturec1450
tilthing1495
labouring1523
manurea1547
manuring1550
digging1552
cultivation1553
tilth1565
manurance1572
agriculture1583
nithering1599
culturation1606
gainor1607
delvage1610
agricolation1623
gainage1625
cultivage1632
manurementa1639
groundwork1655
fieldwork1656
proscission1656
field labour1661
manuragea1670
subduing1776
management1799
subjugation1800
geopony1808
clodhopping1847
agriculturism1885
eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iv. xvii. 302 Wilferð..þætte from yrmðum ecre nyðerunge..generede.
OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Luke x. 19 Dedi uobis potestatem calcandi super serpentes : ic salde iuh mæht henisæs uel hniðrunges [OE Rushw. niðrunge]..onufa nedrum.
OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 267 Detrimenta : niþerunge uel æfwyrdlan.
c1175 ( in A. O. Belfour 12th Cent. Homilies in MS Bodl. 343 (1909) 56 Heo..of þisse life nan þing mare mid heom ne lædæð, buton ða synnæ, & ða ecæ nyþeruncgæ heom sylfum.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) xix. 155 Yat on na wiss suld I Giff consaill till his nethring.
1599 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 187 They had committit purpresture in niddering of the kingis commoun gett, and sawing of cornis theirvpon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

nitheringadj.

Brit. /ˈnɪðərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnɪðərɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈnɪθərɪŋ/, /ˈnɪθərɪn/
Forms: English regional (northern) 1800s– nethering, 1900s– nitherin'; Scottish 1900s– niddering, 1900s– nitherin, 1900s– nitherin', 1900s– nidderin (Shetland).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nither v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < nither v. + -ing suffix2.
Scottish and English regional (northern).
Shivering or trembling, as with cold. Also: that causes a person to shiver; chilling, freezing.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > affected with or having sensation of cold > shivering with cold
shivering1577
shuddering1600
shrinkinga1616
chittering1787
shrugging1814
nithering1876
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Nethering, adj. shivering.
1911 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk Talk (ed. 2) 347 Nitherin' lambs.
1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 221 A nitherin' wund... A nitherin' auld wumman.
1996 W. N. Herbert Cabaret McGonagall 91 Noo gaither roond baith quine an loon And a nitherin screed Eh'll read.
1999 Northern Echo (Electronic ed.) 28 Jan. I got frozen stiff at Scarborough..and can't face a no less nithering night.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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