luther

Yola

Etymology

From earlier /lɛˈðiː/, from Middle English lether, from Old English leþer, from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą. Cognate with English leather (verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʊˈθiː/

Verb

luther

1. to beat
2. to cover with leather
   • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 106:

     A plaauge apan Portheare! Hea'de luther me waal,

     A plague upon Porter, he'd hide me well,

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 55