(Scotland, Northern England) Very cold; shrivelled with cold.
(Scotland, Northern England) Very cold; shrivelled with cold.
I did spend a couple o' nights out in the open but I got so bloody nithered I couldn't sleep. I daren't sleep any road, 'cause it were that bloody cold...
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(transitive, Scotland) To pinch or starve with cold or hunger; stunt in growth.
A Northern English regional term meaning feeling bitterly cold or frozen through — the bone-deep chill you get standing at a bus stop in January with the wrong coat on. Primarily heard in areas like Lancashire and Yorkshire, 'mithered' with this meaning sits alongside a separate but related use of the word meaning bothered or pestered. Context usually makes clear which sense is intended, but the cold meaning is particularly common among older speakers in the region.
(UK, regional) Feeling very cold; freezing.
(Scotland) Cold, chilling.