Etymology

edder

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Today it means: A long flexible stick, rod or other piece of wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together. Full definition →

Middle English *edre ← Old English eder ← Proto-Germanic *edaraz
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edder · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*edaraz
  2. Old English · inherited fromeder
  3. Middle English · inherited from*edre
  4. English todayedder

From Middle English *edre, *eder, from Old English eder, edor (“hedge, fence”), from Proto-Germanic *edaraz, *eduraz (“hedge, border”). Cognate with Old High German etar.

edder · noun2

Variant of adder.

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