wæternædre
Old English
Alternative forms
- wæternēdre
- ƿæternǣdre — wynn spelling
Etymology
From wæter + nǣdre. Cognate with Old High German wazzarnatra.
Pronunciation
Noun
wæternǣdre f
Declension
Declension of wæternǣdre (weak)
Descendants
- Middle English: watyrnedyre, water neddyr, watir edyr, watyradyr, water addre
- English: water adder
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wæternædre”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.