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語源

From 古期英語 nǣdre.

名詞

nadder (plural nadders)

1. adder, or snake
   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Marchantes Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 144, verso, lines 25–26:

     O · seruant traẏtour / falſe homlẏ hewe / Lẏk to the neddre in boſom / Sly vntrewe

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派生した語

• English: adder, edder (by rebracketing)
• Scots: edder

参照

• “nā̆ddre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “nadder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.