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edder¹

  • /ˈɛdɚ/
  • /ˈɛðɚ/
  • /ˈɛdə/
  • /ˈɛðə/

Where it comes from

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.

noun edders · yedder · ether

  1. plural normally A long flexible stick, rod or other piece of wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together. […] including the making [of] a stake and edder hedge. I had a large quantity of excellent manure out of this ditch, consisting of rotten wood, leaves, &c. &c. &c. But in this experiment I found that our stake and edder hedges are little more to be depended on than the fet ones.

verb edders · eddering · eddered · yedder · ether

  1. obsolete, transitive To bind the top of, interweaving edder. to edder a hedge

edder²

Where it comes from

Variant of adder.

noun edders

  1. An adder or snake. winges like a bird she hase, Fete as an edder, a mayden's face, Her kinde I'll take

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@misc{edder_2026,
  title = {edder},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/edder},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}