wether

Meanings

Plural: wethers

Noun

male sheep especially a castrated one
A castrated goat.
A castrated ram.
Archaic spelling of weather.

Verb

To castrate a male sheep or goat.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English wether, wethir, wedyr, from Old English weþer (“a wether, ram”), from Proto-West Germanic *weþru, from Proto-Germanic *weþruz (“wether”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots weddir, woddir, wadder (“wether”), Dutch weder, weer (“wether”), German Widder (“wether, ram”), Norwegian Bokmål vær (“ram”), Norwegian Nynorsk vêr (“ram”), Swedish vädur (“wether, ram”), Icelandic veður (“wether, ram”), Latin vitulus (“calf”).

Scrabble Score: 12

wether is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
wether is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wether is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

wether is a valid Words With Friends word