nadder

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English nædre.

Noun

nadder (plural nadders)

1. adder, or snake
   • 1394, Chaucer, “v. 1786”, in The Merchant's Tale‎^[1]:

     O servant traitur fals holy hiew / y-lyke to the nadder sleize and in bosom untrewe

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• English: adder (by rebracketing)

References

• “nadder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Darden, dander, darned, randed