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edder.

A long flexible stick, rod or other piece of wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɛdɚ//ˈɛðɚ//ˈɛdə//ˈɛðə/
  1. A long flexible stick, rod or other piece of wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.

    plural-normally
Where this word comes from

From Middle English *edre, *eder, from Old English eder, edor (“hedge, fence”), from Proto-Germanic *edaraz, *eduraz (“hedge, border”). Cognate with Old High German etar.

verb/ˈɛdɚ//ˈɛðɚ//ˈɛdə//ˈɛðə/
  1. To bind the top of, interweaving edder.

    obsolete · transitive
    to edder a hedge
Where this word comes from

From Middle English *edre, *eder, from Old English eder, edor (“hedge, fence”), from Proto-Germanic *edaraz, *eduraz (“hedge, border”). Cognate with Old High German etar.

noun
  1. An adder or snake.

Where this word comes from

Variant of adder.

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