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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English atter, ater, from Old English āttor, ǣttor, ātor (“poison”), from Proto-West Germanic *aitr, from Proto-Germanic *aitrą (“gland, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyd-, *h₂oyd- (“tumor, abscess”), related to Ancient Greek οἶδος (oîdos, “swelling, tumour, abscess, produced by internal action”).
Cognate with Scots attir (“corrupt matter, pus”), Scots atter, etter (“poison, venom”), Shetlandic eter (“poison; bitter cold”), Old Norse eitr, Icelandic eitur (“poison”), Faroese eitur, Norwegian eiter (“venom”), Swedish etter (“poison, venom, virulence”), Danish edder, ædder (“venom”), Saterland Frisian Atter (“pus”), Dutch etter (“pus”), German Eiter (“poison, pus”).
Pronunciation
Noun
atter (plural atters)
- (archaic or UK dialectal) Poisonous bodily fluid, especially venom of a venomous animal, such as a snake, dragon or other reptile; corrupt or morbid matter from the body, such as pus from a sore or wound; bitter substance, such as bile.
- (archaic, figuratively) Moral corruption or corruptness; noxious or corrupt influence, poison to the soul, evil, anger, envy, hatred; destruction, death.
- (UK dialectal) Epithelium produced on the tongue.
- (UK dialectal) A scab; a dry sore.
Derived terms
Translations
poisonous bodily fluid
moral corruption or corruptness
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Verb
atter (third-person singular simple present atters, present participle attering, simple past and past participle attered)
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Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
atter
Synonyms
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English āttor, ǣttor, variants of ātor, from Proto-West Germanic *aitr, from Proto-Germanic *aitrą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyd-.
Pronunciation
Noun
atter (uncountable, dative attre, attere)
- A poison or toxin; that which poisons.
- Something bitter or acrid-tasting.
- Something purulent or pussy.
- (figurative) A malign or corrupting thing.
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Descendants
References
- “atter, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse aptr, from Proto-Germanic *aftrą, *aftrē, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros. Compare also etter.
Pronunciation
Adverb
atter
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse aptr, from Proto-Germanic *aftrą, *aftrē, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros. Compare also att and etter.
Pronunciation
Adverb
atter
- aft (in the back of a boat)
- (chiefly poetic) again
- 1860, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Vaaren:
- […] Heggen og Tre, som der Blomar er paa, eg atter saag bløma.
- […] once again I saw the bird cherry and the flowering trees in bloom.
References
- “atter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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