niþerian

== Old English == === Alternative forms === niþrian, nyþerian, niþriġan === Etymology === By surface analysis, niþer (“below”) +‎ -ian (infinitive suffix). Cognate with Old High German nidaren. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈni.θer.jɑn/, [ˈni.ðerˠ.jɑn] === Verb === niþerian to bring low, humiliate to condemn late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ġeniþerian niþeriendlīċ niþerung ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: netheren, nitheren English: nither Scots: nither, nidder === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “niþerianĬ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.