form of dialect DATHER
CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY Cf. dodder, didder, dither: the form is that of a frequentative, as in patter, shiver, totter, etc.: but the etymology of the stem dad-, did-, dod-, is obscure EXAMPLE From: The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905
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