Sunday, 5 November 2017

"Mithered"

Another word often used by my great grandparents was "mithered", sometimes pronounced as "meythered".  It seems to mean "upset" or "aggravated", as in "I'm that mithered about our Elaine".

I believe that this word may have its origins in the Welsh word "moedrodd" which means "to bother".
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