nadder

English

Etymology

From Old English nædre. See adder.

Noun

nadder (plural nadders)

  1. Obsolete form of adder.
    • 1394, Chaucer, “v. 1786”, in The Merchant's Tale‎:
      O servant traitur fals holy hiew / y-lyke to the nadder sleize and in bosom untrewe

References

  • nadder in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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