gether

English

Verb

gether (third-person singular simple present gethers, present participle gethering, simple past and past participle gethered)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) Alternative form of gather
   • 1919, Frederic Moorman, More Tales of the Ridings‎^[1]:

     "'Twere back-end o' t' yeer," he continued at last, "an' t' lads had gone into t' woods to gether hesel-nuts an' accorns.

   • 1898, John Hartley, Yorkshire Lyrics‎^[2]:

     An a taicher wise aw've faand thi, An this lesson gained throo thee; 'At when dangers gether raand me, Th' wisest tactics is to flee.

   • 1881, Sarah P. McLean Greene, Cape Cod Folks‎^[3]:

     I remember once, we'd had a spell o' weather jest like this, and it begun to gether up in the same way.

   • 1872, Edward Eggleston, The End Of The World‎^[4]:

     But the silence was broken by Cynthy Ann, who came into the hall and called, "Jule, I wish you would go to the barn and gether the eggs; I want to make some cake."

Anagrams

• Gehret, Herget