luther

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English lether (“leather”), from Old English leþer, from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą. Compare English leather (“to strike”).

Verb

luther

  1. to beat
    • 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 (1867), 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, page 55
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