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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1929

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LITHER, v.² To spill over, to overflow.

Phr. lip-litheran, brimfull and tending to spill (Ork. 1929 Marw.).Ork. 1929 Marw.:
The milk was litheran ower the kirn.

[Ad. Norw. lidra, to make slight sideways movements, to wriggle, shake this way and that, rock slightly, Icel. hliðra, to step aside.]

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