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== English == === Alternative forms === attir, etter (Scotland) === 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 === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈætə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈætəɹ/ Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ) === 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 ==== === Verb === atter (third-person singular simple present atters, present participle attering, simple past and past participle attered) (UK dialectal) to venom; sting (UK dialectal) to discharge, as a sore; clot; curdle; cake === Anagrams === Ratte, Treat, ratte, tater, teart, tetra, tetra-, treat == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish atær, from Old Norse aptr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /atər/, [ˈad̥ɐ] Rhymes: -atʌ === Adverb === atter again ==== Synonyms ==== igen ==== References ==== “atter” in Den Danske Ordbog “atter” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Middle English == === Alternative forms === attere, attir, attre, atture, attyr, attyre atterr (Ormulum) === Etymology === From Old English āttor, ǣttor, variants of ātor, from Proto-West Germanic *aitr, from Proto-Germanic *aitrą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyd-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈatər/ === Noun === atter (uncountable, dative singular attre, attere) A poison or toxin; that which poisons. Something bitter or acrid-tasting. Something purulent or pussy. (figurative) A malign or corrupting thing. ==== Related terms ==== attercoppe attern attren attry ==== Descendants ==== English: atter Scots: atter, etter ==== 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 === IPA(key): /ˈɑtːər/ Rhymes: -ər === Adverb === atter again == 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 === IPA(key): /ˈɑtːɛr/ === Adverb === atter aft (in the back of a boat) (chiefly poetic) again === References === “atter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.