English

Noun

edder ‎(plural edders)

1. Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.

Verb

edder ‎(third-person singular simple present edders, present participle eddering, simple past and past participle eddered)

1. (obsolete) To bind the top interweaving edder.

   to edder a hedge

Etymology 2

See adder.

Noun

edder ‎(plural edders)

1. An adder or snake.

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Etymology 3

From Middle English edre ‎(“a vein, blood vessel”), Old English ǣdre ‎(“a vein, artery; sinew”), from Proto-Indo-European *ēt-er- ‎(“stomach, intestines”). Cognates include (from Germanic) Old Saxon -āðara (Dutch ader), Old High German ādra (German Ader), Old Norse æðr (Swedish åder); (from Indo-European) Ancient Greek ἦτορ ‎(êtor, “heart”), Latin uterus, Old Irish inathar ‎(“entrails”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːd.ɚ/

Noun

edder ‎(plural edders)

1. (regional, rare or obsolete) A blood vessel.

   Roop, and I'll snithe your edders.‎