Middle English Dictionary Entry

phither n.
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Entry Info

Forms phither n.
Etymology Prob. Celt.; cp. MIr. fíad, fíadair, Sc.Gael. fiadhair, uncultivated land. Also cp. MnE dial. (Nhp.) feather & MnE dial. (War.) fither.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
A strip of unplowed land [Staffordshire].
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