rother

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒðə/

From Middle English rother, ruther, reother, from Old English hrūþer, hrȳþer, byforms of hrīþer, hrīþ (“neat; ox”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunþaz, *hrinþaz. Cognate with Dutch rund (“ox”), German Rind (“bovine; beef”).

rother (plural rothers)

1. (obsolete) A horned animal, especially an ox.

From Old English. See rudder.

rother (plural rothers)

1. A rudder.

• rother nail

• rethor, rhetor

rother

1. inflection of roth:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

From Old English rōþor, from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą; compare rowen.

• rodder, rothre, ruder, rothyr, rothir, rothar, roþer

• IPA^(key): /ˈroːðər/, /ˈroːdər/

rother (plural rothers)

1. A rudder or till; a steering implement for a ship.
2. An oar; a long stick used for a boat's propulsion.
3. (rare) One who steers a boat (i.e. using a rudder)
4. (rare) A stick for mixing malt during brewing.
5. (rare, figuratively) An administrator or director.

• English: rudder
• Scots: rudder, ruther, ruder

• “rọ̄ther (n.(1)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

From Old English hrīþer, hrūþer, from Proto-Germanic *hrinþaz, *hrunþaz.

• ruþer, ryther, reother, ruther, rethur, roþer, reoþer, reþer, riþer, rether, ruðer, reðer, rither, rodder, rudder

• IPA^(key): /ˈruðər/, /ˈrɔðər/, /ˈriðər/, /ˈrɛðər/

rother (plural roþers or rothern)

1. Any kind or gender of bovine or bovid.

• English: rother

• “rother (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.