laddre

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ladder, laddere, laddir, ladre, ledder, leddre, leddyr, lheddre
• læddræ, læddre, leaddre (early)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English hlǣder, hlædder, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaidriju, from Proto-Germanic *hlaidrijō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈladrə/, /ˈlɛdrə/, /-ər(ə)/

Noun

laddre (plural laddres or laddren)

1. ladder (set of portable steps):
   1. (figurative, Christianity) A symbol of the progressive journey into Heaven.
   2. (figurative, rare) A path method consisting of multiple steps.
2. (rare) A frame for a cart.

Descendants

• English: ladder
• Scots: ledder

References

• “ladder(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-27.