didder

(ˈdɪdə)

vb (intr)

dialect to shake or tremble, esp with fear

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didder

, dither - To didder or dither is to tremble or shake.

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Verb

didder - move with or as if with a tremor; "his hands shook"

shake

move involuntarily, move reflexively - move in an uncontrolled manner

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Andelocia: By my trat, and by Saint Patrickes hand, and as Creez save me la, tis no dissembler: de Irish man now and den cut di countrie-mans throate, but yet in fayt hee love di countrie-man, tis no dissembler: dis feene Tamasco apple can make di sweete countenance, but I can take no lesse but three crownes for one, I weare out my naked legs and my footes, and my tods, and run hidder and didder to Tamasco for dem.

Performing Places in Thomas Dekker's Old Fortunatus

ibant (Jn 6.21); didder foerde (Li); dider foerde (Ru2); woldon to faran (WSCp); to woldon faran (WSA).

Periphrastic renderings and their element order in Old English versions of the gospels

Phrases such as "equilibriums of song," "glees of teeter," "yodels of foam," and "didder of birds" from "Bird: A Memoir" suggest her linguistic playfulness.