edder

Meanings

Noun

Verb

  • To bind the top interweaving edder.

Origin

  • From Middle English *edre, *eder, from Old English eder, edor, from Proto-Germanic *edaraz, *eduraz. Cognate with Old High German etar.
  • Variant of adder.
  • From Middle English edre ("a vein, blood vessel"), from Old English ǣdre ("a vein, artery; sinew"), from Proto-West Germanic *ādrā.
  • Cognates include Old Saxon -āðara (Dutch ader), Old High German ādra (German Ader), Old Norse æðr (Swedish åder); Ancient Greek ἦτορ ("heart"), Latin uterus, Old Irish inathar ("entrails").

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