“Hoo dae ye say delay or hesitate in Scots? If ye dinnae ken, read on”.
Swither verb chiefly Scottish
SWITH-uhr
Definition:
: to doubt or hesitate; to dither.
Example sentence:
“They swithered for ages about what to do and what to say”.
Context:
EpicentRx has started a collaboration with the University of Edinburgh to study RRx-001 (nibrozetone) in endometriosis. So it is incumbent on us to learn some chiefly Scottish words.
Origin:
Uncertain.