nadder
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- naddere, naddre, nadre, nedder, neddere, neddre, neder, nedere, nedre
- (early) næddræ, næddre, neddræ
- adder, addere, addre, ader, edder, eddere, eddre, hedder
Etymology[edit]
From Old English nædre.
Noun[edit]
nadder (plural nadders)
- adder, or snake
- 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Marchantes Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 144, verso, lines 25–26:
- O · seruant traẏtour / falſe homlẏ hewe / Lẏk to the neddre in boſom / Sly vntrewe
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants[edit]
- English: adder, edder (by rebracketing)
- Scots: edder
References[edit]
- “nā̆ddre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “nadder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.