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Nedder vs Edder - What's the difference?

nedder | edder |

As nouns the difference between nedder and edder

is that nedder is (uk|dialect|obsolete) an adder (kind of snake) while edder is flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together or edder can be an adder or snake.

As a verb edder is

(obsolete) to bind the top interweaving edder.

nedder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) An adder (kind of snake).
    • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913)

    edder

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) ; akin to (etar).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To bind the top interweaving edder.
    • to edder a hedge

    Etymology 2

    See adder.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An adder or snake.
    • (Wright)
    (Webster 1913)