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Nidder vs Nedder - What's the difference?

nidder | nedder |

As a verb nidder

is to keep down or under.

As a noun nedder is

(uk|dialect|obsolete) an adder (kind of snake).

nidder

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To keep down or under.
  • To press hard upon; straiten (applied to bounds).
  • To pinch or starve with cold or hunger; stunt in growth.
  • To harass; grill; plague; annoy.

    • nedder

    English

    Noun

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