English Explanatory Dictionary

edder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A long flexible stick, rod or other piece of wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.
verb
  1. To bind the top of, interweaving edder.
noun
  1. An adder or snake.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛdɚ/ /ˈɛðɚ/ /ˈɛdə/ /ˈɛðə/

Word forms

edder edders yedder ether eddering eddered

Etymology

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.

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